List of 1951 ballet premieres

title	choreographer	composer	company	venue or presentation	date
La Valse	George Balanchine	Maurice Ravel	New York City Ballet	City Center of Music and Drama	February 20
Pineapple Poll	John Cranko	Arthur Sullivan	Sadler's Wells Ballet	Sadler's Wells Theatre	March 13
The Cage	Jerome Robbins	Igor Stravinsky	New York City Ballet	City Center of Music and Drama	June 10
Tiresias	Frederick Ashton	Constant Lambert	Royal Ballet	Royal Opera House	July 9
Swan Lake	George Balanchine	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	New York City Ballet	City Center of Music and Drama	November 20

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Preceded by 1950

1951 ballet premieres

Succeeded by 1952