history of the boston ballet By perrye16 Apr 26, 1963 virginia williams founds the boston ballet bostonballet.org Oct 12, 1979 opened in italy the nervi festival Feb 19, 1980 first ballet preformed in the people's republic of china Mar 15, 1981 the company makes a london permire of the full lenght production swan lake Dec 13, 1983 on brodway don quixote was presented by the ballet Sep 30, 1986 the boston ballet worked with the choreographer mark morris Jan 13, 1990 had a dabut at the kennedy center in washington DC May 16, 1990 some of the workers staged a new production of swan lake Feb 25, 1991 the ballet company toured spain Sep 9, 2001 mikko nissinen was the one oppointed to lead the boston ballet leads the largest ballet company in north america Mar 15, 2005 appointed jorma elo as the resident choreographer Aug 3, 2007 finished the second tour thought spain May 20, 2008 made an appearance at the kennedy center's ballet across america Jul 15, 2008 the first tour to seoul korea Dec 17, 2009 the nutcracker was awarded the best preformed nutcracker in the united states http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwqCdJqzlFU&feature=related Jul 18, 2010 returned to spain for the companies tour of five cities