Ballet Jeunesse

The documentary shows two completely different artistic personalities who wanted to rethink classical ballet: Around 100 years ago, the impresario of the legendary “Ballet Russes”, Sergei Dyagilev, revolutionized ballet.

Cinderella: Australian Ballet

Ratmansky, the world's most sought-after choreographer and master of narrative ballet, fills every measure of Prokofiev's cinematic score as he recounts Cinderella's rise from poverty to success. Cinderella is a story ab

Ballet-Oop

Dance teacher Miss Placement is dismayed to learn that the head of the School of Ballet where she teaches has entered her beginners class in a contest just three weeks away. But she manages to get them ready and they are

Ballet Mariinsky Joias

Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite / Petrushka

Carmen: Impetuous Carmen seduces Don José in order to convince him to let her out of jail. Once outside, she thinks she’s finally free before realizing that she’s in fact prisoner of a love triangle: she wants to be with

The Royal Ballet: Cinderella

Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella celebrates its 75th anniversary this Season. The ballet’s opening night in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles, was received

Subway Ballet

Young men perform daring aerial dances in a crowded New York City subway car.

Mechanical Ballet

The original material that forms the basis for Mechanical Ballet is an anonymous short reel of film of what appears to be car crash tests, carried out in a deadpan and somewhat cumbersome manner. Reworked into a two-scre

Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle

Learning that Albrecht, her beloved, is in fact a nobleman engaged to be married to a princess, the naive peasant girl Giselle dies. The Queen of the Wilis—the spirits of deceased young virgins—decides that Albrecht shou

The Royal Ballet

Filmed on the stage of London's Covent Garden. Includes extracts from Swan lake, Ondine & The Firebird.

Button Ballet

Animation of buttons and cotton reels on cloth into a 'ballet' set to the music of Brahms.

A Life for Ballet

A documentary on the life of the legendary ballet reconstructionist, Pierre Lacotte and his wife and longtime dance partner Ghislaine Thesmar.

Ballet terrain vague

Short film based upon a ballet by Yves Bonnat & Françoise Adret

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker

Clara is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. As midnight strikes, she creeps downstairs to find a magical adventure awaiting her and her Nutcracker. The magician Drosselmeyer transforms the drawing room

Coppelia - The Kirov Ballet

This delightful ballet tells the story of Dr Coppelius, an eccentric toymaker, who attempts to bring life to his beautiful doll Coppélia. He is foiled by the mischevious Swanilda, who masquerades as Coppélia and saves he

Baby Ballet

This program is a wonderful introduction to the world of ballet, especially designed for children ages four through six. It contains all the aspects of a formal ballet class including a barre warm-up, stretches, center p

Ballet Blues

A Funny Animated Short Film

"Giselle" @ Finnish National Ballet

On the stage of the Finnish National Opera, Mexican-Finnish choreographer Javier Torres López transposes the legendary romantic ballet to 1950s Italy. A feminist reinterpretation, faithful to the captivating beauty of th

Bolshoi Ballet: Le Corsaire

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.

Madeline at the Ballet

The girls get a chance to perform with a famed ballet master who thinks Madeline is too small to succeed. Madeline's insecurity (and Pepito's teasing) keeps getting in the way of her performance until she is given a pep