Cullberg Ballet

{{Short description|Swedish contemporary dance company}}

Cullberg Ballet ({{langx|sv|Cullbergbaletten}}) is a Swedish contemporary dance company.

It was founded by the modern dancer and pioneer choreographer Birgit Cullberg in 1967,{{cite web | title=Cullberg | website=PACT Zollverein | date=18 February 2022 | url=https://www.pact-zollverein.de/en/artists-centre/artists/cullberg | access-date=16 August 2022}} who brought it to fame. After Cullberg's retirement in 1985 the company was until 1993 run by her son, the popular Swedish dancer, choreographer and stage director Mats Ek.

From 2003 Cullbergbaletten was managed by choreographer Johan Inger and from 2009 to 2013 Anna Grip{{cite web|url=http://www.cullbergbaletten.se/EN/AboutCullberg/Artistic_management |title=Cullberg Ballet official website. Artistic |accessdate=2010-04-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402231417/http://www.cullbergbaletten.se/EN/AboutCullberg/Artistic_management |archivedate=April 2, 2007 }} held the position as artistic director. From 2014 to 2022, Gabriel Smeets was the artistic director of the ballet.{{cite web | title=Cullberg's artistic director Gabriel Smeets to leave the company | website=Cullberg | date=13 January 2021 | url=https://cullberg.com/en/press/cullbergs-artistic-director-gabriel-smeets-leave-company/ | language=sv | access-date=16 August 2022}}

Cullberg Ballet is part of the National Swedish Touring Theatre{{cite web | title=Birgit Cullberg | website=skbl.se | url=http://skbl.se/en/article/BirgitCullberg | access-date=16 August 2022}} and tours both nationally and internationally.