Ballet Movies

Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. Louise knows what to do in...

TV presentation of the ballet by Sir Frederick Ashton, performed by the Royal Ballet.

Storytelling through dance is an effective way to make dance accessible and exciting to young children. In The Toy Castle collections, members of the...

A choreography to cracked linear textural sound. Elements of classical and neoclassical ballet used to choreograph a dancer's movements to jagged...

Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty is one of the best loved of classical ballets, combining in a single work all the enchantment and virtuosity that...

Jean-Christophe Maillot's Romeo and Juliet transports us into the tormented soul of Brother Lawrence: the action is staged as a flashback to the...

A favorite student of an old dance teacher gets casted in an important pantomime. When the teacher dies on the stage, she finds support from a...

Dance film inspired by the life and work of the artists Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin.

Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, a ballet in three acts, is present by the Ballet Company of the National Opera of Ukraine, with music provided by the...

A pair of short ballets, written for the screen, filmed and performed by artists of the Georgian SSR. In color, with narration.

In a claustrophobic Venice of lavish dress and gilded interiors, Casanova is preparing for a career in holy orders when an erotic encounter sets him...

Prima ballerina Darcey Bussell talks about her life at the top. From tears at ballet school and forgetting the steps, to becoming the Royal Ballet's...

Lauren Cuthbertson, Sergei Polunin and Claire Calvert star in this true gem from the classical ballet repertory, set to Tchaikovsky's glorious music.

Svetlana Zakharova and Roberto Bolle perform in this 2004 La Scala production of the Tchaikovsky ballet conducted by James Tuggle.

Cats, a dog, and a fish head perform the classic ballet, Swan Lake.

Flames of Paris (Russian: Пла́мя Пари́жа) is a full-length ballet in four...

A decade after a traumatic incident forced her out of dance entirely, a ballerina attempts to join a prestigious company despite her mother's...

In the magical world of dancing fireflies, we follow the story of the main character - naughty Svätojanek, which takes place against the...

Marco Spada was created at the Paris Opera in 1857 with choreography from Joseph Mazilier and music adapted from Daniel Auber’s comic opera of...