Now celebrating its 50th year, George Balanchine’s sparkling ballet still shines with all the brilliance of the gemstones that inspired it.
Casts Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Valeri Hristov, Laura Morera, Ryoichi Hirano, Emma Maguire, Helen Crawford, James Hay, Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae, Melissa Hamilton
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg
The Phantom of the Opera
CBeebies Presents: Little Red Riding Hood - A CBeebies Ballet
Enchained
Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne’s Dance Version
Anna Karenina
A Song for Miss Julie
Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda
Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire
Step Up 2: The Streets
Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan: Elite Syncopations/The Judas Tree/Concerto
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance
Them/Us
Frankenstein
Ballet Dragon Quest ~ Star Dancers Ballet
Cinderella
Moving in Time
The Nutcracker
Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The Rita
Les Sylphides
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg
IMDB 5.5 | Dec , 2007
The classic Mariinsky (Kirov) production of the greatest of all ballets. Filmed in the imperial splendor of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg. Starring Ulyana Lopatkina, Danila Korsuntsev and the breathtaking Mariinsky corps de ballet. Conducted by the great Russian maestro Valery Gergiev.The Phantom of the Opera
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1925
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.CBeebies Presents: Little Red Riding Hood - A CBeebies Ballet
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2020
Big eyes, big ears, a big nose and a big tail – look out for Wolf! Join Maddie, Nigel and the Woodland Keepers with Northern Ballet for the colourful tale of Little Red Riding Hood.Enchained
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2022
A woman in her daily life at home. A ballerina practicing her art. Realities mix in a remembrance of an irretrievable time.Edward Scissorhands: Matthew Bourne’s Dance Version
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2024
In a castle high on a hill lives Edward; a boy created by an eccentric inventor. When his creator dies he is left alone and unfinished with only scissors for hands until a kindly townswoman invites him to live with her suburban family. Can Edward find his place in the well-meaning community which struggles to see past his curious appearance to the innocence and gentleness within?Anna Karenina
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2017
In his 45th year as artistic director of Hamburg Ballet, John Numeier directs a modern adaptation of Tolstoy's masterpiece "Anna Karenina" in co-production with the Bolshoi Theatre and the National Ballet of Canada.A Song for Miss Julie
IMDB 1 | Feb , 1945
Two playwrights and a former burlesque queen travel to Louisiana to research a musical they're planning on a local Southern hero.Bolshoi Ballet: Raymonda
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2019
Raymonda is betrothed to Jean de Brienne, a gallant knight who pledged to go on a crusade led by the King of Hungary. When her beloved leaves, Abderakhman, a foreign knight, makes a bid for the hand of Raymonda and threatens her fate when she rejects him…Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2012
Inspired by Lord Byron’s epic poem, this jewel of the repertoire boasts a lavish production complete with a shipwreck, pirates, and some of ballet’s most renowned scenes.Step Up 2: The Streets
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 2008
When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the school's hottest dancer, Chase Collins, to form a crew of fellow outcasts to compete in Baltimore's underground dance battle The Streets.Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan: Elite Syncopations/The Judas Tree/Concerto
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2010
"MacMillan's vision has been vital in shaping The Royal Ballet's style and repertory, and what better way to appreciate his art than with this rare chance to experience three contrasting works in a single performance. Abstract, dramatic, humorous - this programme gives a wonderfully varied introduction not just to MacMillan's work but to the beauty and dramatic power of ballet itself. Concerto, to Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto, contrasts moments of exuberance and elegiac reflection. The Judas Tree places a single woman among 13 men to enact a harrowing event that is recognizably contemporary but with biblical overtones. Elite Syncopations completes the programme with a sparkling evocation of a dance hall that brings ragtime rhythms to the dance, and a ragtime band to the stage.Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance
IMDB 8 | Sep , 2013
Matthew Bourne choreographs this version of Tchaikovsky's ballet performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre. Bourne sets the first part of the story in 1890, the year in which Tchaikovsky completed his version of Charles Perrault's classic fairy tale, with Beauty pricking herself on the poisoned rose in 1911 and awakening 100 years later in the contemporary world.Them/Us
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2019
BalletBoyz are back with two new works. Set to contrasting scores by Charlotte Harding and Keaton Henson, Them/Us is an inventive double bill asking where we see ourselves in relation to the “other,” and explores the fine balance between them and us.Frankenstein
IMDB 10 | May , 2016
Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein is the world premiere of Liam Scarlett’s new full-length ballet. A story of betrayal, curiosity, life, death and, above all, love, exploring the very depths of human nature. Federico Bonelli dances the role of Victor Frankenstein, Laura Morera is his Elizabeth, and Steven McRae is the creature. Koen Kessels conducts Lowell Liebermann’s newly commissioned score in this co-production between The Royal Ballet and San Francisco Ballet.Ballet Dragon Quest ~ Star Dancers Ballet
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2002
Inspired by the nationally popular video game series, the Tokyo-based ballet company Star Dancers Ballet's Ballet Dragon Quest was first produced in 1995. It was the first show that combined ballet with the video game. Ever since the ballet has been enthusiastically welcomed by not only ballet-lovers but also those who would otherwise never see a ballet, including Dragon Quest fans. It has been highly regarded as a unique and exceptional entertainment-ballet that successfully broadens the border of ballet. For the first time, this performance has been captured on video.Cinderella
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2018
Sergei Prokofiev's setting of the fairy tale "Cinderella" premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater in 1945. In 1986, Rudolf Nureyev, then ballet director of the Paris Opera, choreographed the ballet anew and transposed the story into a private cinema, with sets reminiscent of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis." ARTE shows the Paris Opera performance from December 31, 2018.Moving in Time
IMDB 0 | May , 2023
A partnership between Matthew Bourne's New Adventures and Magic Me, the UK's leading intergenerational arts charity, Moving in Time is a heartwarming short dance film based on stories told by residents of St. Fillan's Care Home, many of whom are living with dementia.The Nutcracker
IMDB 8.6 | Dec , 1977
The Nutcracker is Mikhail Baryshnikov's breathtaking and critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated production. This spectacular performance is danced by the magnificent team of Baryshnikov, one of the greatest classical dancers of the century, and Gelsey Kirkland, both showcased at the peak of their careers, with members of the American Ballet Theatre.Tights Worship: Inside the Practices of The Rita
IMDB 7 | Jul , 2019
The film traces Sam McKinlay’s early days as a punk skateboarder through his academic development as a conceptual artist into a highly esteemed noise practitioner whose work bridges the gap between the gallery world and the sleaze of exploitation film imagery. It documents the physical processes of his work and the distillation of visuals into sound, most notably addressing the appeal of abstraction—from the cheap effects of old monster movie makeup to the ‘masks’ created by the heavy cosmetic makeup of 1920s flapper culture and actresses like Pamela Stanford in Jess Franco’s Lorna the Exorcist (The Rita has albums or EPs named after several eurotrash actresses, including The Nylons of Laura Antonelli (2009) and Monica Swinn/Pamela Stanford (2016)).Les Sylphides
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1984
Les Sylphides is a short, non-narrative ballet blanc to piano music by Frédéric Chopin, selected and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov.