List of 1950s ballet premieres

This is a list of ballet premieres in the 1950s, by year.

1951

class="wikitable sortable" ! 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{{cite web \|title=La Valse {{!}} New York City Ballet \|url=https://www.nycballet.com/discover/ballet-repertory/la-valse/ \|website=www.nycballet.com \|access-date=17 January 2025 \|language=en}}
Pineapple Poll	John Cranko	Arthur Sullivan	Sadler's Wells Ballet	Sadler's Wells Theatre	March 13{{cite web \|title=Pineapple Poll \|url=https://gsarchive.net/pine_poll/index.html \|website=gsarchive.net \|access-date=17 January 2025}}
The Cage	Jerome Robbins	Igor Stravinsky	New York City Ballet	City Center of Music and Drama	June 10{{cite web \|title=Five things about The Cage \|url=https://www.ballet.org.uk/blog-detail/five-things-robbins-the-cage/ \|website=English National Ballet \|access-date=17 January 2025}}
Tiresias	Frederick Ashton	Constant Lambert	Royal Ballet	Royal Opera House	July 9{{cite web \|title=Lambert: Tiresias & Pomona \|url=https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67049 \|access-date=17 January 2025 \|language=en}}
Swan Lake	George Balanchine	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	New York City Ballet	City Center of Music and Drama	November 20{{cite web \|title=Swan Lake (Balanchine) {{!}} New York City Ballet \|url=https://www.nycballet.com/discover/ballet-repertory/swan-lake-balanchine/ \|website=www.nycballet.com \|access-date=17 January 2025 \|language=en}}

class="wikitable sortable" ! title ! choreographer ! composer ! company ! venue or presentation ! date
The Prince of the Pagodas	John Cranko	Benjamin Britten	The Royal Ballet	Royal Opera House	January 1
Square Dance	George Balanchine	Antonio Vivaldi	New York City Ballet	New York City Center	November 21
Agon	George Balanchine	Igor Stravinsky	New York City Ballet	New York City Center	December 1