World Ballet Day 2023

World Ballet Day begins! A conversation between the Royal Opera House and The Australian Ballet sparks the idea for the all-day ballet event that included a linear stream from five major companies, The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada and San Francisco Ballet.

The Australian Ballet takes dancing in the streets to new heights with a passionate pas de deux in a Melbourne laneway.

Channel 7 presenter James Tobin The Australian Ballet Coryphée Brooke Lockett host the event in Australia. The total number LIVE views of World Ballet Day doubled in 2016 with a count of 727,151.

World Ballet Day had over one-million views across streaming and social media platforms!

World Ballet Day switched things up with a non-linear feed in 2018, meaning multiple companies could stream at the same time.

World Ballet Day events from around the world were live streamed on the big screen in Melbourne's Federation Square alongside interactive activities for ballet fans.

While theatres went dark around the world due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, World Ballet Day continued to share their love of dance and talent with the world, reaching over 313 million people.

The theme of 2021 was Jump for Joy! We celebrated returning to on stage performances after two years of shutdowns and theatre closures from the pandemic.

2022 was the biggest World Ballet Day yet! The event involved over 60 companies across six continents on Wednesday 2 November 2022.

The program featured 14 companies joining for the first time, and included, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Joffrey Ballet and The Washington Ballet in addition to over 50 regular participants, including American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera Ballet, National Ballet of Japan, Cape Town City Ballet and many others.

We celebrate the 10th birthday of World Ballet Day, continuing the tradition of bringing ballet to audiences wherever they are in a 24-hour stream across the globe.