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The Top 12 Ballet School In The World By Camille Severino
5. The John Cranko School Stuttgart, Germany
In 1961 John Cranko settled in Stuttgart with the idea to start a ballet institution. He dreamed of a place where the gifted youth of the world would study with the Ballet Company of the State Theatre Stuttgart. In 1971 the John Cranko school opened up to accept its first pupils. This German dance school is considered one of the best places to train in ballet in the whole world. This is where dancers go after a big win to sharpen their skills. Once their training is complete they move on to the Company of the State Theatre or to other prestigious ballet companies.
4. The School of American Ballet New York City, New York, USA
George Balanchine founded this famous ballet school in 1934. He brought with him the dedication to perfection he himself learned at the Imperial Ballet School when he trained there. Balanchines also knew that any successful ballet academy had to be closely associated with a prestigious ballet company. He felt it was time to create a chief ballet troupe in the United States. That is how the New York City Ballet was formed. The initial intention of The School of American Ballet was to train dancers for the ballet company.