Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg is a Luxembourgish folkloric dance company founded in 1962 by Josephine and Claudine Bal. The company currently employs over forty dancers and presents more than two hundred performances annually. It operates offices in three countries and has performed in more than sixty countries across six continents, including Vietnam, Korea, China, Cuba, Austria, England, Canada, the United States, and numerous European and South American nations.
The company is under the artistic direction of M. Chevalier, with Simone Mousset serving as Executive Director. Mousset, a Luxembourgish choreographer and recipient of the Luxembourgish Dance Award, played a role in the company’s revival. The repertoire includes works such as *Josiane, the Country Girl*, which premiered in 1965 and brought the company international attention, and *Tusnelda, Queen of Turkestan*, begun in 1969. M. Chevalier is currently resurrecting extracts from *Josiane, the Country Girl* for a solo tour titled *The Great Chevalier*.
The company has received the Grand Heritage Dance Award (1969), The Ancestral Dance Conservation Medal (1972), and the Cultural Dance Preservation Prize multiple times. Auditions accept dancers, singers, and actors across styles including ballet, folk dance, tap, jazz, Graham, circus, gymnastics, and stunt.
