United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981929/1986In 1929 Dorothy Alexander founded the Dorothy Alexander Dance Art Group, the first regional ballet company in the nation, in Atlanta. Known since 1967 as the Atlanta Ballet, the company is the longest continuously running ballet organization in the United States.Photograph of dancer and dance instructor Dorothy Moses Alexander. She wears a V-necked black blouse and wears her hair in a high bun. She faces slightly right and smiles.In 1929 Alexander founded the Dorothy Alexander Dance Art Group, the first regional ballet company in the nation, in Atlanta, Georgia. Known since 1967 as the Atlanta Ballet, the company is the longest continuously running ballet organization in the United States.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/atlanta-balletForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/atlanta-balletForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaDancers--Georgia--AtlantaBallet dancers--Georgia--AtlantaDance teachers--Georgia--AtlantaDance Art Group (Atlanta, Ga.)Dorothy AlexanderStillImage