The Greater Niagara Ballet Company (GNBC), previously known as the Niagara Civic Ballet, was founded in 1967 by Beverly Feder and reorganized in 1999 as a 501 C3 federal status not-for-profit organization. By becoming not-for-profit, the GNBC is better able to serve the Niagara Region.
For over fifty years, the GNBC has developed a repertoire of over 21 different major ballet productions. Productions include Degas, Swan Lake, The Firebird and our most well-known and beloved The Nutcracker, now in its 44th year.
The GNBC productions are open to all ballet students in the U.S. and Canada by audition and provide students with the unique opportunity to partner with professional dancers and perform in large scale theatrical settings. Guest Artists come from internationally known ballet companies such as the National Ballet Company of Annapolis, MD, State School of Ballet, Paznan, Poland, the National Ballet of Canada and Ballet Jörgen, Toronto, Canada and the New York Theater Ballet, New York, NY.
The Greater Niagara Ballet Company complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity).