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Founded in 1939, and offering more than 100 performances every season, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet is Canada's premier ballet company, and the oldest operating ballet company in North America. It received its Royal title in 1953; the first such title granted under Queen Elizabeth II. In 1996, André Lewis was named Artistic Director, and under his tutelage, the Company revitalized its repertoire and adding new full-length ballets
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