Ballet Movies

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

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 unusual interpretation of the ballet Cinderella, with choreography and staging by the renowned choreographer Maguy Marin, is set in a...

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

Young dancers must go through competitive auditions, intense rehearsals, and physically demanding 4 months in the Road to the Nutcracker.

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

Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953. It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale The Stone Flower by Pavel Bazhov...

The Paris Opera trained them from childhood and offered them an extraordinary life, shaped by rigor and passion. At 42, it is time to leave this...

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

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 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...

Pame returns to the ballet academy where she danced when she was three. Reflecting on her own childhood, she looks for answers within the girls that...

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

Toward the latter part of his life, George Balanchine talked about creating a "dictionary" of his technique, a visual reference for the students of...

Snow Queen - An extraordinary, full-length ballet inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen classic and re-written to reflect the faith and heart of...

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

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....

New 2021 version of the classic. One of Tchaikovsky's three major ballets, The Nutcracker, a heartwarming story of Christmas. The Maki Asami Ballet...

A Portrait of Giselle is a documentary film featuring Patricia McBride and Anton Dolin along with famous ballerinas who danced the role of Giselle in...