New York City Ballet label3 = Previous Names data3 = American BalletBallet CaravanAmerican Ballet CaravanThe Ballet Society label4 = Year Founded data4 = 1948 label5 = Founders data5 = George BalanchineLincoln Kirstein label6 = Founder Choreographers data6 = George BalanchineJerome Robbins label7 = Location data7 = David H. Koch TheaterLincoln Centre for the Performing ArtsNew York CityUSA FlagiconUSA label8 = Website data8 = www.newyorkcityballet.org header9 = Artistic Staff label10 = Ballet Master in Chief data10 = Peter Martins label11 = Ballet Mistress data11 = Rosemary Dunleavy label13 = Musical Director data13 = Fay�al Karoui label14 = Principal Conductor data14 = Maurice Kaplow header15 = Other label16 = Associate Schools data16 = School of American BalletNew York Choreographic Institute label18 = data18 = label19 = Formation data19 = Principal DancerSoloistCorps de Ballet belowstyle = background:#AACCFF; below = Click here for the Ballet Portal (Portal:Ballet)

New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein with musical director Leon Barzin and with founding choreographers Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, 1934; the American Ballet, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet Caravan, 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946.