Royal Winnipeg Ballet
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The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is one of Canada's oldest and most prestigious ballet companies, renowned internationally for its classical and contemporary productions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Royal Winnipeg Ballet canonical | 15 |
| Royal Winnipeg Ballet School | 3 |
| Winnipeg Ballet | 2 |
| Royal Winnipeg Ballet school | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T762919 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Winnipeg Ballet Context triple: [Winnipeg, hasBalletCompany, Royal Winnipeg Ballet]
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A.
Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet is Scotland’s national ballet company, renowned for its classical and contemporary dance productions and based in Glasgow.
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B.
The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is one of the world’s leading classical ballet companies, based at London’s Royal Opera House and renowned for its rich heritage, star dancers, and extensive repertoire of 19th- and 20th-century masterpieces.
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C.
National Dance Company Wales
National Dance Company Wales is a leading contemporary dance company based in Wales, known for creating and touring innovative dance works nationally and internationally.
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D.
Shaw Festival Theatre
Shaw Festival Theatre is a renowned Canadian repertory theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, best known for its productions of plays by George Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries.
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E.
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre is one of the leading classical ballet companies in the United States, renowned for its extensive repertoire and international touring.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Royal Winnipeg Ballet Target entity description: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is one of Canada's oldest and most prestigious ballet companies, renowned internationally for its classical and contemporary productions.
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A.
Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet is Scotland’s national ballet company, renowned for its classical and contemporary dance productions and based in Glasgow.
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B.
The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is one of the world’s leading classical ballet companies, based at London’s Royal Opera House and renowned for its rich heritage, star dancers, and extensive repertoire of 19th- and 20th-century masterpieces.
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C.
National Dance Company Wales
National Dance Company Wales is a leading contemporary dance company based in Wales, known for creating and touring innovative dance works nationally and internationally.
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D.
Shaw Festival Theatre
Shaw Festival Theatre is a renowned Canadian repertory theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake, best known for its productions of plays by George Bernard Shaw and his contemporaries.
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E.
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre is one of the leading classical ballet companies in the United States, renowned for its extensive repertoire and international touring.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballet company
ⓘ
performing arts organization ⓘ |
| AndréLewisRole | artistic director ⓘ |
| artForm | ballet ⓘ |
| awarded | various national honours in Canada ⓘ |
| basedIn | Centennial Concert Hall ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employs |
artistic staff
ⓘ
choreographers ⓘ professional dancers ⓘ |
| field | performing arts ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Betty Farrally
ⓘ
Gweneth Lloyd ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1939 ⓘ |
| genre |
classical ballet
ⓘ
contemporary ballet ⓘ |
| hasAlias | RWB ⓘ |
| hasArtisticDirector | André Lewis ⓘ |
| hasBalletMaster | various ⓘ |
| hasRepertoire |
Giselle
ⓘ
linked to:
ballet "Giselle"
Swan Lake ⓘ The Nutcracker ⓘ
linked to:
The Nutcracker, Op. 71
original contemporary works ⓘ |
| hasSchool |
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
|
| hasType | professional ballet company ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.rwb.org/ ⓘ |
| headquarters |
Winnipeg
ⓘ
linked to:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
|
| isOneOf |
oldest ballet companies in Canada
ⓘ
oldest ballet companies in North America ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ |
| location |
Winnipeg
ⓘ
linked to:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
|
| notableFor |
classical productions
ⓘ
contemporary productions ⓘ international touring ⓘ training professional dancers ⓘ |
| originalName |
Winnipeg Ballet
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
|
| performsAt | Centennial Concert Hall ⓘ |
| performsIn |
Asia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Europe ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| receivedRoyalCharter | 1953 ⓘ |
| royalCharterGrantedBy |
Queen Elizabeth II
ⓘ
linked to:
Elizabeth II
|
| RoyalWinnipegBalletSchool | ballet school ⓘ |
| RoyalWinnipegBalletSchoolLocation |
Winnipeg
ⓘ
linked to:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
|
| significance | major cultural institution in Canada ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Royal Winnipeg Ballet Description of subject: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is one of Canada's oldest and most prestigious ballet companies, renowned internationally for its classical and contemporary productions.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
linked to: Royal Winnipeg Ballet
linked to: Royal Winnipeg Ballet
linked to: Royal Winnipeg Ballet
linked to: Royal Winnipeg Ballet
subject linked to:
RWB
linked to: Royal Winnipeg Ballet
subject linked to:
RWB
linked to: Royal Winnipeg Ballet
subject linked to:
RWB
subject linked to:
Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg