[DOC] [TLE] New York City Ballet - Wikipedia [PAR] New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by 
choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Lon Barzin was the 
company's first music director. .... The ballets included: three of Balanchine's 
works, Serenade, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, and ... Membership is open to the 
general public. [DOC] [TLE] Ballet Society - Wikipedia [PAR] Ballet Society is a non-profit educational institution founded in 1946 by Lincoln 
Kirstein and George Balanchine. At its founding, Balanchine was the Artistic 
Director and Kirstein served as ... In its first season, it opened with The Four 
Temperaments and the ... 1948: Orpheus (Stravinsky/Balanchine/Noguchi) 
Symphony in C... [DOC] [TLE] NYCB - 1948-1959 - New York City Ballet [PAR] The Company presents its first independent season in January, consisting of 10 
... Covent Garden, followed by a three-week tour of the English provinces. ... In 
February, Balanchine revives Prodigal Son, his last ballet for Diaghilev, and in 
the... [DOC] [TLE] NYCB - Our History - New York City Ballet [PAR] The School's first performance was postponed due to rain, and the initial tour of 
the ... A three-year period at the Metropolitan Opera as its official ballet company 
ended in ... In 1948, Balanchine invited the 30-year-old Jerome Robbins to join 
the ... New York City Ballet opened the theater on April 24, 1964, and has since... [DOC] [TLE] The History of George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet ... [PAR] How did it happen that the world's greatest ballet companywhich is what it has 
seemed .... 3, Vera Zorina; and The Boys from Syracuseand Cabin in the Sky 
and others ... In the spring of 1948, Ballet Society was performing at the New York 
City ... The other was City Ballet's first bona fide hit, Balanchine's reworking of the
... [DOC] [TLE] New York City Ballet gave its first performance October 11, 1948 ... [PAR] New York City Ballet gave its first performance on October 11, 1948, with three 
masterpieces by George ... excerpts from Kirstein's diaries, Balanchine was. [DOC] [TLE] Mid Century Pink: Happy Birthday, New York City Ballet: Stars of ... [PAR] Oct 11, 2015 ... Kirstein and Balanchine met in London in 1933 and formed the School of 
American Ballet. ... about turning Ballet Society into a full fledged ballet company. 
... NYCB's first season opened on October 11, 1948 with 3 ballets... [DOC] [TLE] New York City Ballet Offers Two Weeks of Stravinsky - The New York ... [PAR] Sep 13, 2012 ... New York City Ballet is opening its fall season with two weeks of ballets ... and 
1972, by the company's founder-choreographer, George Balanchine. ... When the 
Stravinsky-Balanchine Orpheus had its premiere in 1948, its aura of ... Between 
1941, when Balanchine first choreographed Stravinsky's violin... [DOC] [TLE] Balanchine, Ratmansky, Tharp | The Washington Ballet [PAR] A program that combines three masters of dance from the 20th century to the 
present. ... great passions included the dream of creating a ballet company in 
America. ... American Ballet, founded in 1934, the first product of the Balanchine-
Kirstein ... ballet master and principal choreographer from 1948 until his death in 
1983. [DOC] [TLE] New York City Ballet's Balanchine Opening - Dancing Perfectly Free [PAR] May 4, 2010 ... In 1948, New York City Ballet performed George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco 
at the company's first performance. This past Sunday afternoon, it was a fitting 
opening to the spring season. ... Of the three works on the program, Symphony in 
Three Movements has the most flair, from the opening diagonal... [DOC] [TLE] New York City Ballet MOVES Press Release - Northrop - University ... [PAR] 2012-13 Northrop Dance Season Opening Event. New York .... appearing for 
three years as a guest artist, Martins joined the company as a Principal ... joined 
New York City Ballet, and his first ballet for this company was Slavonic Dances ... 
founded in 1948 by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein

Question: This company's first season opened in 1948 with 3 Balanchine ballets
Answer: the New York City Ballet