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title	choreographer	composer	company	venue or presentation	date
La Valse	George Balanchine	Maurice Ravel	New York City Ballet	City Center of Music and Drama	February 20
Pineapple Poll	John Cranko	Arthur Sullivan	Sadler's Wells Ballet	Sadler's Wells Theatre	March 13
The Cage	Jerome Robbins	Igor Stravinsky	New York City Ballet	City Center of Music and Drama	June 10
Tiresias	Frederick Ashton	Constant Lambert	Royal Ballet	Royal Opera House	July 9
Swan Lake	George Balanchine	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	New York City Ballet	City Center of Music and Drama	November 20

Preceded by 1950

1951 ballet premieres

Succeeded by 1952

v t e Ballet premieres by year
18th–19th century	1789 1870 1895
20th century	1900 1905 1932 1933 1934 1944 1945 1951 1957 1960 1966 1972 1975 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
21st century	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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