The Cleveland Ballet was founded in

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in 1935 by

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Sergei Popeloff, a dancer associated with

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, and lasted until 1942. It was the first incarnation of the Cleveland Ballet, having been succeeded by ballet companies of the same name founded in 1972 and in 2014.

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