During the years of the co-venture the Company expanded artistically and became recognized as one of California's most innovative ballet companies. When the Cleveland partner ceased operations in fall 2000, the San Jose partner decided to preserve the Company, with its outstanding artistic heritage, by moving its headquarters to San Jose. With a tremendous outpouring of community, foundation, and business support, Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley was born. The Ballet is now a 'fully-owned' resident company serving all of Silicon Valley. We pride ourselves in having a company of great diversity that is uniquely unified by a common artistic vision.
Daily training brings the performers together in the language they all know best, dance.
The acclaimed talent of these cultural athletes is showcased by the variety of programs in which they perform. Our repertoire includes ballets by Balanchine, Bournonville, De Mille, Horvath, Lubovitch, Massine, McKayle, Petit, and Tudor, in addition to Nahat's many ballets created especially for the company. The gift also funded a new orchestra shell for the San Jose Symphony. In 1991 the San Jose Cleveland Ballet made its European debut with Rudolf Nureyev performing in the last major production created for him, Flemming Flindt's The Overcoat. During the 1999-2000 season, famed French choreographer Roland Petit gave the Company exclusive rights to produce his Carmen, not seen in the United States since American Ballet Theater's New York production in 1981.