Spanish National Dance Company
![Spanish National Dance Company, 2015](/Images/godic/202501/05/Raymonda,_CND,_José_Carlos_Martínez5813.jpg")
The Spanish National Dance Company, (Compañía Nacional de Danza), was founded in 1979, originally as under the name of Ballet Nacional de España Clásico. Its first director was dancer Victor Ullate, followed by Maria de Avila, Ray Barra, Maya Plisetskaya, Nacho Duato (1990-July 2010), Hervé Palito and José Carlos Martínez since December 2010.