Royal Winnipeg Ballet

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ballet company performing arts organization

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Winnipeg Ballet canonical	11
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]

A. Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet is Scotland’s national ballet company, renowned for its classical and contemporary dance productions and based in Glasgow.
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.
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.
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.
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.

A. Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet is Scotland’s national ballet company, renowned for its classical and contemporary dance productions and based in Glasgow.
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.
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.
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.
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

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winnipeg → hasBalletCompany → Royal Winnipeg Ballet ⓘ

subject linked to: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Royal Winnipeg Ballet → originalName → Winnipeg Ballet ⓘ