Carolina Ballet is made up of a company of 31 dancers and two apprentices representing 9 countries around the world. Artistic Director Robert Weiss calls the company a virtual mini United Nations. Most the men are from outside the country and one of the female dancers is from China, but there are several new male dancers from the United States. The other countries represented are Moldavia, Russia, Cuba, Uruguay, Hungary, Canada, France, Paraguay, Ukraine and the ballet master is from Romania. The company has grown from 20 dancers in the inaugural season to the current size.