English National Ballet
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English National Ballet is one of the leading ballet companies in the United Kingdom.
It was founded in the 1950s and is a touring company which performs around the UK. It has a permanent company of 64 members and its own orchestra, the Orchestra of English National Ballet, which is the largest touring orchestra with any ballet company in Europe. Both the ballet company and the orchestra are augmented for performances in large venues, including an annual season at London's Royal Albert Hall which is located close to the ENB Head Offices in Markova House, 39 Jay Mews, London SW7 2ES. This season sees the number of dancers rise from 64 to 120, backed up by approximately 80 members of staff behind-the-scenes, in departments such as marketing, artistic, wardrobe, technical, administration and education.
Principal dancers have included Spanish Tamara Rojo, Cubans Arionel Vargas, Yat-Sen Chang and Yosvani Ramos, Japanese Erina Takahashi, Russian Dmitri Gruzdyev, and Estonian Agnes Oaks.
