The ballet Swimmer premiered at a venue that has been home of what since 1932?
Swimmer (ballet) Swimmer is a ballet made by Yuri Possokhov to music he commissioned from Shinji Eshima, plus existing music by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits for the San Francisco Ballet. The première took place on Friday, 10 April 2015 at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. Based on the 1964 short story of the same name, it incorporates the choreographer's vision of the United States while growing up in the Soviet Union.
The Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, UK. The largest of the four major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois, it became the resident ballet company of the Royal Opera House in 1946 and was granted a royal charter in 1956, becoming recognised as Britain's flagship national ballet company.