Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
― Successor to Diagilev's Ballets Russes has rapidly developed and made Monaco a destination of the world's ballet fans.

Legendary impresario Sergei Diagilev brought his Ballets Russes to Monaco for the first time in 1909. Within two years, he made decision to base his company there, which marked the anchoring of dance in Monaco. After Diagilev's death in 1929, several personalities and choreographers made efforts to revive and continue the company, which however disappeared completely in 1951.

In 1985, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo was born thanks to H.R.H. the prince of Hanover who wished to inherit the legacy and the tradition of les Ballets Russes in the dance tradition in Monaco. The company was directed by Ghislaine Thesmar and Pierre Laccote, then by Jean-Yves Esquerre.

In 1993, H.R.H. the Prince of Hanover nominated Jean-Christophe Maillot as the head of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. He has not only created more than 30 ballets for her but also enriches the Company's repertoire by inviting both the major choreographers of our times and emerging choreographers, including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Shen Wei, Alonzo King, Emio Greco, Chris Haring, Marco Goecke, Lucinda Childs, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Karole Armitage, Maurice Béjart and Marie Chouinard.

In 2000, Maillot created the Moncao Dance Forum, international window to dance that presents an electric fusion of spectacles, exhibitions, workshops and conferences. The Company regularly participates in this festival and the Académie Princess Grace.

In 2011, under the chairmanship of H.R.H the Prince of Hanover, a new structure directed by Jean-Christophe Maillot reunited three institutions: ballet company, Monaco Dance Forum and Académie Princess Grace. Creation, training and production are currently reunited in Monaco to serve choreography in an unprecedented manner in the world of dance.