Víctor Ullate

In 1979 the Spanish government commissioned him to found the country's first classical ballet company, today Compañia Nacional de Danza, of which he was artistic director for four years.

He worked on classics of the repertoire including Les Sylphides, Giselle (after Jules Perrot) and Don Quixote (after Marius Petipa and Alexander A. Gorski), and premiered more than 40 of his own choreographies, often with reference to Spanish music and culture.

His efforts for individual advancement and the base of technical ability are met by the successes of such personalities as Angel Corella, Lucía Lacarra, Carlos Lopez, Joaquín De Luz, Tamara Rojo, Igor Yebra, Itziar Mendizabal, Sol León and José Carayol to name just a few of the most internationally known names of the ballet world.

With the aim of enabling talents without financial resources a universal training for the dance profession and promoting classical ballet in all its forms of expression in Spain, he set up a foundation in 2000.

After decades of fruitful work, he closed his ballet company in 2019.,[4][5] the other institutions finally fell victim to the cultural and political change in Spain in 2019–2020.