In a random sampling of 20 medium and large ballet troupes in 18 states, only 5 have no Russian dancers, teachers or ballet masters.
His company, the Mark Morris Group, has become the fourth largest modern-dance troupe in the United States, with an annual budget of $2 million.
These delegations include a large troupe of dancers and musicians dressed in four main styles.
The National Ballet of Canada is Canada's largest ballet troupe.
To survive, it seems, the largest ballet troupes must increasingly give up the performing that is their raison d'etre because it drives them into debt.
At times they would gather a larger troupe and perform as "The Massed Alberts".
By the late 19th and 20th centuries this had taken the form of large troupes of blind storytellers and musicians.
The rest of the large troupe sustained the high level, and as usual, gorgeous costumes enhanced the colorful spectacle.
There were two famed performers from among the guards musicians as well, and there was a large troupe of Kagura dancers.
Now, of course, they are just a part of the larger troupe, and usually a very small part at that.