title	choreographer	composer	company	venue	date
Suite of Dances	Jerome Robbins	Leonard Bernstein	New York City Ballet	New York State Theater	January 17
Gloria	Kenneth MacMillan	Francis Poulenc	Royal Ballet	Royal Opera House	March 13
Walpurgisnacht	George Balanchine	Charles Gounod		New York State Theater	May 15
The Seagull	Maya Plisetskaya	Rodion Shchedrin	Bolshoi Ballet	Bolshoi Theatre	May 27
Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze	George Balanchine	Robert Schumann	New York City Ballet	New York State Theater	June 19
Rhapsody	Frederick Ashton	Sergei Rachmaninoff	The Royal Ballet	Royal Opera House	August 4

Preceded by 1979

1980 ballet premieres

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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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