Ballet Movies

A filmed performance of Stravinsky's ballet Les Noces (The Wedding), depicting a bleakly cynical interpretation of the marriage ritual.

Short musical based upon a choreography by Pierre Lacotte.

A ballerina, whose pointe shoes are extended by a set of sharp kitchen knives, dances and twirls insistently until reaching exhaustion, fighting to...

Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, one of the most popular ballets of all time, is the romantic story of a young maiden who is turned into a swan by an...

A documentary on the legacy of ballet in Cuba that aired on PBS in Rochester, NY. Filmed on location in Havana, Cuba July – August, 2016....

The famous ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky struggles with rehearsing his newest choreography - the revolutionary Rite of Spring.

While love is breaking into the lives of two young people, an artificial being will challenge what they believed they knew about it…...

Full-length dance piece, featuring music specially composed by electronic pop legends the Pet Shop Boys and choreographed and directed by Javier de...

Isabel, 11, is forced to leave what she likes most in life: her ballet classes. The opportunity to dance professionally revives in her the hope of...

George Balanchine's abstract ballet danced to existing pieces of music by composers Faure, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky. Each section represents a...

A Thousand Encores tells the surprising and little known story of how, over 70 years ago, an extraordinary company of dancers made a deep impact on...

This is a short, simple ballet performance. Colors are used here, but the print is quite badly damaged.

A production of 'The Merry Widow', recorded live in June 1993. The story follows Hanna Glawari who has been recently widowed and is seeking a new...

A group of women dressed up as Commedia dell'Arte characters dance together.

A complete visual dictionary and class for the beginner ballet student. It is an invaluable training tool for the student just beginning ballet and...

16mm film close-up of a ballet shoe being untied.

Soviet film on the basics of choreography at the bench and in the center, jumping. Examples of correct and incorrect execution are given.

A documentary about 15-year-old Oksana who follows her mother's dream to see her become a prima ballerina.

Behind every performance lies a story that begins long before the curtains open. This documentary follows the creative process, preparation, and...

Classic production of the world’s most-famous ballet, the one that dance audiences long for – Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. First...