Charlotte Ballet

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Charlotte Ballet
General information
Name	Charlotte Ballet
Previous names	North Carolina Dance Theatre
Year founded	1970
Website	charlotteballet.org
Artistic staff
Artistic Director	Alejandro Cerrudo
Other
Associated schools	Charlotte Ballet Academy
Formation	Company Apprentice Trainee

Charlotte Ballet is the oldest professional ballet company in North Carolina. It was founded as North Carolina Dance Theatre in Winston-Salem by Robert Lindgren, who was then Dean of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, in 1970. It moved to Charlotte in 1990 and rebranded as Charlotte Ballet in 2014. It currently has 26 dancers and is the parent company of the Charlotte Ballet Academy.