"It's interesting that a lot of modern choreographers do work for classical companies," he says.

I am often asked why there is no major classical ballet company in Spain.

It also remains one of the world's leading classical companies with over 100 dancers.

I want to run a classical company, and I am trying not to have a scholarly approach.

The Spanish government didn't create a classical ballet company until 1979.

You have come into a classical company which makes sense of that training but what other ingredients do you think vital?

Today one of the nation's leading classical ballet companies.

There are five or six major classical ballet companies in Brazil.

It is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies.

George Balanchine was an early champion of this classical ballet company.