The name Moscow Ballet has commonly been applied to a number of different ballet companies, these include:
Moscow Ballet (United States), A Russian ballet company. The Moscow Ballet tours annually in the United States with its Great Russian Nutcracker production.
The Bolshoi Ballet, based in Moscow in Russia has often been referred to generically as "The Moscow Ballet"
A Russian company known as Ballet Moskva ("Ballet Moscow").
A "Moscow Ballet", founded in 1979, gained publicity in 1987 when a dancer, Andrei Ustinov, defected during the company’s first U.S. tour. Its artistic director is Vyacheslav Gordeyev, previously of the Bolshoi Ballet. Its 1987 tour was seen by an estimated 150,000 people.
Other dance companies incorporating the word Ballet and either Moscow or Russia(n) include:
Moscow Stanislavski Ballet, founded in 1929
Ballet of Russia, founded in 1899
Ballet Stars of Moscow Theaters with Anna Pavlova, 1888–1931
Moscow Ballet Theater founded in 1966
Moscow City Ballet, founded in 1988,
Moscow Classical Ballet, founded in 1966.
Moscow Dramatic Ballet, founded prior to 1992
Moscow Festival Ballet, founded in 1989,
Moscow Grand Ballet
National Russian Ballet
Moscow Folk Ballet
Russian Festival Ballet, founded in 1989
Russian National Ballet founded in 1956
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company
