New York City Ballet: Jewels

New York City Ballet is an American ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers, with Léon Barzin serving as the company's first music director. The company grew out of several earlier troupes, including the School of American Ballet's Producing Company, the American Ballet and Ballet Caravan, which eventually merged into the American Ballet Caravan before the company's establishment through the Ballet Society.

David H. Koch Theater is a ballet and dance venue at Lincoln Center in Manhattan's Lincoln Square neighborhood. Home to the New York City Ballet since opening in 1964, the theater also hosted the New York City Opera from 1964 to 2011. Located on the south side of Lincoln Center's main plaza near 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue, the venue was originally called the New York State Theater before being renamed to honor philanthropist David Koch.