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Principal dancers included Sonia Arova, Alida Belair, Marilyn Burr, Eugene Collins, Jean-Paul Comelin, Ivan Dragadze, Roderick Drew, Anita Dyche, Stevan Grebel (1965–1971), Daniel Franck, Jacqueline Hepner, Claudine Kamoun, Desmond Kelly, Christine Knoblauch, Michelle Lees, Roni Mahler, Carmen Mathe, Kevin McKenzie, Yvonne Meyer, Ivan Nagy, Kirk Peterson, Dennis Poole, Stuart Sebastion, Andrea Vodehnal.

Soloists included James Capp, Roy Gean, Helen Heineman, Judith Helman, Hiller Huhn, Linda Kintz,, James Maher, Lucy Maybury, Patricia Mideke, Jane Miller, Judith Reese, Judy Rhodes, Judith Rigler, Ilona Russell, Thomas Russell, Christine Spizzo, Frederic Strobel, James Thompson, Franklin Yezer.

Corps de Ballet included Mariana Alvarez, Charlotte Belcher, Roger Bigelow, Phyllis Blake, Karen Brown, Nancy Davis, Evelyn Ebel, Susan Frazer, Susan Gore, Katherine Laqueur, Maxine Mahon, Sheryl McKechnie, Andrea Price, Betty Risen, Susan Smith, Patricia Sorrell, Llanchie Stevenson, and James Thompson.

Guest artists included Dame Margot Fonteyn of the Royal Ballet, and Violette Verdy, Patricia McBride and Edward Villella of the New York City Ballet. Other guest artists included Gaye Fulton of the Zurich Ballet Company, Fleming Flint of the Paris Opera Ballet, and Seija Simonen of the Helsinki Dance Company of Finland.

The first graduates of the National Ballet School to be accepted into the company were Sheryl McKechnie, Judy Rhodes and Betty Risen.

Staff[edit]
Ralph Black, former manager of the National Symphony Orchestra was General Manager until 1973; he was suceeded by Frances Linden. Oleg Tupine was the Ballet Master; Hiller Huhn and Frederick Stroebel were ballet masters in later seasons. Ottavio DeRosa was Principal Conductor. James McInnes was Associate Conductor. James Gamble was Stage Manager. May Ishimoto was costumer; later costume mistress was Catherine Gentilozzi, assisted by Pat Sorrel.

Repertoire[edit]
The repertoire of the National Ballet of Washington, D.C., included Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Les Sylphides, La Sylphide, Coppelia Con Amore, Homage au ballet, Raymonda Pas de Dix, Sylvia (ballet) Pas de Deux, Bachianas Brasileiras, Tribute, Legend of the Pearl, Night Song, Four Temperaments, La sonnambula (Balanchine), Othello, Danse Brilliante, Le Combat, Sleeping Beauty, Bartok Concerto, Prodigal Son, Eaters of Darkness, Courante, Graduation Ball, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Serenade (ballet).