In 1948, George Balanchine invited the 30-year-old Jerome Robbins to join the nascent ballet company as Assistant Artistic Director. After performing at the City Center for Music and Drama, the Company now performs for 23 weeks of the year in the magnificent $30 million, Philip Johnson-designed New York State Theater (now the David H. Koch Theater), built by the City and State of New York.
New York City Ballet opened the theater on April 24, 1964, and has since been its resident ballet company. The Saratoga Performing Arts Center has been New York City Ballet's permanent annual summer home since 1966.
Among more than two score international engagements, the New York City Ballet has made numerous appearances in the capitals of Europe. The Company has also appeared in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Sicily, South Korea and Taiwan and has made three historic trips to Russia as well as visits to many of the major cities of the United States and Canada.
