San Francisco Ballet
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San Francisco Ballet is one of the oldest professional ballet companies in the United States, renowned for its innovative repertory, world-class dancers, and influential role in American ballet.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Francisco Ballet canonical | 18 |
| San Francisco Ballet School | 2 |
| San Francisco Ballet (at War Memorial Opera House) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T342270 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Francisco Ballet Context triple: [Scotch Symphony, inBalletRepertoryOf, San Francisco Ballet]
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A.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is one of the world’s leading ballet companies, renowned for its extensive repertoire of neoclassical works and its influential role in American dance.
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B.
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is a premier ballet academy in New York City that serves as the official training school for the New York City Ballet and a leading center for classical dance education in the United States.
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C.
Ballets Russes
Ballets Russes was an influential early 20th-century Russian ballet company based in Paris that revolutionized modern ballet through innovative choreography, music, and design collaborations.
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D.
The George Balanchine Trust
The George Balanchine Trust is the organization that oversees, licenses, and preserves the choreographic works and legacy of the influential ballet choreographer George Balanchine.
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E.
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dallas Black Dance Theatre is a renowned professional modern dance company based in Dallas, Texas, celebrated for its diverse repertory and commitment to African American and contemporary dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Francisco Ballet Target entity description: San Francisco Ballet is one of the oldest professional ballet companies in the United States, renowned for its innovative repertory, world-class dancers, and influential role in American ballet.
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A.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is one of the world’s leading ballet companies, renowned for its extensive repertoire of neoclassical works and its influential role in American dance.
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B.
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is a premier ballet academy in New York City that serves as the official training school for the New York City Ballet and a leading center for classical dance education in the United States.
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C.
Ballets Russes
Ballets Russes was an influential early 20th-century Russian ballet company based in Paris that revolutionized modern ballet through innovative choreography, music, and design collaborations.
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D.
The George Balanchine Trust
The George Balanchine Trust is the organization that oversees, licenses, and preserves the choreographic works and legacy of the influential ballet choreographer George Balanchine.
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E.
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dallas Black Dance Theatre is a renowned professional modern dance company based in Dallas, Texas, celebrated for its diverse repertory and commitment to African American and contemporary dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet company
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performing arts organization ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | SFB ⓘ |
| artForm | dance ⓘ |
| artisticDirector | Tamara Rojo ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
innovation in choreography
ⓘ
preservation of classical ballet canon ⓘ |
| associatedEnsemble | San Francisco Ballet Orchestra ⓘ |
| basedInTheatre | War Memorial Opera House ⓘ |
| cityServed | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| commissionedWorksFrom | contemporary choreographers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| focus |
classical ballet
ⓘ
contemporary ballet ⓘ neoclassical ballet ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1933 ⓘ |
| founder |
Harold Christensen
ⓘ
Willam Christensen ⓘ
surface form:
Lew Christensen
Willam Christensen ⓘ |
| genre | ballet ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
ballet school
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company of dancers ⓘ orchestra ⓘ |
| hasSchool |
San Francisco Ballet
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
San Francisco Ballet School
|
| headquartersLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| influenced | development of American ballet ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ |
| musicDirector | Martin West ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| notableChoreographerAssociated |
Christopher Wheeldon
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George Balanchine ⓘ Helgi Tomasson ⓘ Mark Morris ⓘ Yuri Possokhov ⓘ |
| performs |
full-length story ballets
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mixed repertory programs ⓘ |
| performsAt | War Memorial Opera House ⓘ |
| performsWork |
The Nutcracker, Op. 71
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surface form:
The Nutcracker
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| principalVenue | War Memorial Opera House ⓘ |
| region | West Coast of the United States ⓘ |
| reputation |
influential role in American ballet
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innovative repertory ⓘ one of the oldest professional ballet companies in the United States ⓘ world-class dancers ⓘ |
| season | annual repertory season ⓘ |
| website | https://www.sfballet.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Scotch Symphony
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Ballet (at War Memorial Opera House)
this entity surface form:
San Francisco Ballet School