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When the Cleveland San Jose Ballet closed in Playhouse Square in 2000 it was shock for the company.

鈥淲e all came to work and the doors were closed,鈥� Gladisa Guadalupe said. 鈥淚t was devastating.鈥�

Guadalupe was company principal teacher and artistic associate at the time. She didn鈥檛 want to move to San Jose, where the . Instead, she stayed in Cleveland and opened a dance school.

鈥淥ut of the school we have grown a youth company, and from the youth company we have grown now a ballet company,鈥� Guadalupe said.

Cleveland Ballet, now three years old, recently announced it's a resident company at Playhouse Square. Guadalupe is the artistic director.

Being a resident company will afford Cleveland Ballet better dates, longer performance runs and exposure to more arts patrons at Playhouse Square, Guadalupe said.

The classical company features 14 dancers, which is smaller than many traditional ballet companies.  Its next season will include a version of the 鈥淣utcracker鈥� and 鈥淎lice in Wonderland.鈥�

Guadalupe says the hope is for the new Cleveland Ballet to be at Playhouse Square for years to come.