《台北首督芭蕾舞團》是臺灣舞蹈界的園丁。舞團以臺北市為基地，創作臺灣味的芭蕾，舞出在地化的特色。台北首督芭蕾舞團既有超俗優雅與精緻藝術的基底，又有社會批判與人文關懷的特質。它不僅提供國內舞者表演與創作的平台，還致力於拉近芭蕾與社會大眾的距離。舞團顛覆一般人對芭蕾「不食人間煙火」、只演出「外國經典舞作」，甚至是「制式」、「僵化」的看法。發現芭蕾不僅是舞者藝術與技術的展現，也是編舞者創作的表現。芭蕾人以他們獨特的優雅與堅韌的毅力，舉重若輕、堅持跳下去。〞----趙玉玲博士 國立臺灣藝術大學跨域表演藝術研究所 教授。
本團創立於1989年，由徐進豐老師與一群熱愛芭蕾舞蹈者共同創立，並於1990年3月由徐進豐老師正式更名登記為「台北首督芭蕾舞團」。自創團以來，即以「編創新作品」為主要發展方向。為維持演出品質，初期即採取職業舞團運作模式，每週工作五日（週一至週五），上午10時30分進行訓練，下午2時至5時排練，持續六年之久。惟因後續面臨經費不足與專業舞者招募不易等挑戰，遂調整為每週訓練三日，惟仍維持全年不間斷之訓練機制，並持續致力於固定舞者之長期培育。
★2020年舞團榮獲第二十四屆台 北文化獎，為台北第一個芭蕾舞團獲獎團隊★
★ 2009年舞團榮獲第七屆台新表演藝術首獎 ★
★ 2008年~至今獲選國藝會Taiwan Top演藝團隊★
一年至少一次的「新作全省巡迴公演」，是多年的堅持。舞團至今已發表了七十多支作品，近千場的演出。以芭蕾為基石，嘗試多種風格的探索及開發，其中以結合台灣原住民舞蹈的芭蕾作品，最為人驚豔稱讚。舞團首次出國演出（1999年3月），即獲紐約時報（New York Times）首席舞評家安娜‧綺色果芙（Anna Kisselgoff）的讚譽：「來自台灣的浪漫與傳奇」、「時時充溢台灣影像」及2008年歐洲舞蹈雜誌【Dance Europe】評論：「台北首督芭蕾舞團創作的風格──編作新的、具創新精神的作品。它將芭蕾結合本土的舞蹈形式、在地的譬喻及當代題材，以創造真真正正的『台灣』芭蕾舞。」。
為保持創作活力及多元性，舞團也邀約不同領域的編舞家來共同編作，期望舞團在台灣舞蹈發展的長流中，永不缺席。
Introduction of Taipei Capital Ballet
Taipei Capital Ballet is the gardener of Taiwan's dance world. The dance troupe is based in Taipei and creates Taiwanese-style ballet that showcases local characteristics. Taipei Capital Ballet has both the foundation of transcendental elegance and exquisite art, as well as the characteristics of social criticism and humanistic concern. It not only provides a platform for domestic dancers to perform and create, but also strives to narrow the distance between ballet and the general public. The dance company subverts the common perception that ballet is "out of touch with the world", only performs "foreign classics", and is even "standardized" and "rigid". Discover that ballet is not only a display of the dancers’ art and technique, but also a manifestation of the choreographers’ creativity. The ballet practitioners use their unique elegance and tenacious perseverance to make light of heavy tasks and keep dancing. ----” Dr. Yu-ling Chao, Professor of Graduate Institute of Transdisciplinary Performing Arts at National Taiwan University of Arts
The company was founded in 1989 by Mr. Hsu Chin-Feng together with a group of ballet enthusiasts, and was officially renamed and established as “Taipei Capital Ballet” by Mr. Hsu in March 1990. Since its inception, the company has focused on the creation of original works as its primary direction. In order to maintain performance quality, the company initially operated as a full-time professional troupe, working five days a week (Monday to Friday), with daily training at 10:30 a.m. and rehearsals from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., a system that was sustained for six years. Due to subsequent financial constraints and challenges in recruiting professional dancers, the schedule was later adjusted to three working days per week. Nevertheless, the company has continued year-round training without interruption and remains dedicated to the long-term cultivation of a stable core of dancers.
In 2020, Taipei Capital Ballet won the 24th Taipei Culture Award. It is the first ballet troupe in Taipei to win the award.
In 2009, Taipei Capital Ballet won the 7th Taishin Performing Arts Award.
From 2008, Taipei Capital Ballet has been selected as Taiwan Top performing arts group of National Culture and Arts Foundation.
The troupe insists to hold nation touring performance at least once a year. So far, the troupe has already made more than seventy choreography and nearly a thousand times performance. The troupe tries to explore various styles of dance by taking ballet as basic element. One of the fabulous choreography is the work with Taiwan aboriginal dance element. The Company’s first performance abroad was on March, 1999. The New York Times Chief Dance Critic, Anna Kisselgoff praised the performance as a romantic legend from Taiwan illustrating a full range of Taiwan imagery. In 2008, the magazine, Dance Europe, also has criticism—Making creative choreographies is Taipei Capital Ballet innovation style, and it represents the real Taiwan ballet by combining ballet with the local dance form, representing it with local metaphor and taking contemporary themes as topics.
To maintain their creativity, and variety, the Taipei Capital Ballet invites choreographers from different territories to collaborate with them and hopes the troupe will continue to thrive, and make its contribution to Taiwan Ballet.