Until 2017, the Suzanne Farrell Ballet was a full-fledged company produced by the Kennedy Center and had performed there since 1999 in addition to presenting extensive national and international tours.
In September 2016, the Center announced that the company would be disbanding at the end of 2017, citing "possibilities of new expansion" and indicating that Farrell would likely return to "full-time teaching.
This three weeks long yearly initiative of intense study grew into a full-fledged program, Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell.
Following an extensive Fall 2003 U.S. tour that, for the first time, took them to the West Coast, the company opened the Kennedy Center's 2003–2004 ballet season with a full week of performances in the Eisenhower Theater.
The company returned to the Kennedy Center Opera House in June 2007 with two programs, which included Balanchine's Scotch Symphony (Mendelssohn), Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Rodgers, orch.
In November they performed at the Career Transitions for Dancers Gala in New York and produced their fall season at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater.
The company started the 13-14 season with a residency at Florida State University in September followed by performances at the Millennium Stage and the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center in October and November respectively.
This time on the Opera House Stage the company performed three Balanchine works (1951 version of Swan Lake, Allegro Brillante, Monumentum & Movements) and Robbins's The Concert (Or, The Perils of Everybody) before heading to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and Purchase College in New York.
In September 2016, the Kennedy Center announced that the company would be disbanding at the end of its 2017 performance season, citing "possibilities of new expansion" and indicating that Farrell would likely return to "full-time teaching.
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Contrapuntal Blues pas de deux from Clarinade (1964) Company Premiere: November 22, 2005.