“Dance should speak in vivid images with strength and at the same time with beauty.”

                – E. Virginia Williams, Founder

 

  • Boston Ballet celebrates 10 years

    15 December 1973

    In 1963 Boston Ballet celebrated 10 years since the first Ford Foundation grant helped establish the company as the first professional ballet company in Boston. Season highlights included a new production of Giselle, the company premieres of Alphonse Figueroa's Jeu de Cartes, and Agnes De Mille's Fall River Legend. The company also embarked on a National Tour in March, with performances in Tempe AZ; Cheyenne, WY; Riverside, CA; and Stanford, CA.

     

    Boston Ballet, 10th Anniversary Gala, 1974
    Unsigned photograph 
    Boston Ballet Archives