This is a list of ballet premieres in the 1940s, by year.

1944 title choreographer composer company venue or presentation date Appalachian SpringMartha GrahamAaron CoplandMartha Graham Dance CompanyLibrary of CongressOctober 30 Fancy FreeJerome RobbinsLeonard BernsteinBallet TheatreOld Metropolitan Opera HouseApril 18 HérodiadeMartha GrahamPaul Hindemith Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Auditorium October 30 Miracle in the GorbalsRobert HelpmannArthur BlissSadler's Wells BalletPrince's Theatre, LondonOctober 26 The NutcrackerWillam ChristensenPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskySan Francisco BalletDecember 24 Simple SymphonyWalter GoreBenjamin BrittenRambert Dance Company The Stone FlowerKonstantin MullerAlexander Fridlender

1945 titlechoreographercomposercompanyvenue or presentationdaterefs CinderellaRostislav ZakharovSergei ProkofievBolshoi BalletBolshoi TheatreNovember 21 InterplayJerome RobbinsMorton GouldBilly Rose's Concert VarietiesZiegfeld TheatreJune 1

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