Ballet Movies

The Gay Parisian is an American short film produced in 1941 by Warner Bros. featuring the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo and directed by Jean Negulesco....

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...

A live recording of Carl Orff's world-famous musical masterpiece Carmina Burana, performed by more than 100 singers and dancers of the National Opera...

A one-hour version of Tchaikovsky's classic ballet, with a somewhat revised storyline reminiscent of "The Wizard of Oz".

Scenes from the ballet Petrushka, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet at the National Opera Theatre.

In returning to their old ballet school burnt-out dancer – Sylvie - explores their past in order to decide what to do with their future.

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...

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

Live from ROH 2009, TV relay 1/12/2009.

Maiko Misono, who had been working abroad to become a professional ballet dancer, gave up on her dream and returned to Japan. With nothing else to do...

Seven-year-old Polina and her 13-year-old sister Nastia live and breathe ballet. Both of them are studying at the Boris Eifman Dance Academy in...

Delvonte Clarke, a young ballet dancer, grapples with his self-worth, rejections, and the sacrifices made by his single mother.

A biographical look at the career of the acclaimed Margot Fonteyn. As a little girl called Peggy Hookham growing up in Shanghai, she told her mother...

Characters from Haitian folklore come to life telling their story of ritual, ceremony and celebration. All wait to be overcome by the female spirit...

"Music is a dream from which the veils have been lifted. It's not even the expression of a feeling, it's the feeling itself." This quote from Claude...

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

The ballet tells the story of a peasant girl named Giselle whose ghost, after her premature death, protects her lover from the vengeance of a group...

The young girl Olga Vasilyeva grew up in an orphanage. She never knew her mother and wants to find her. The only trace she has is a preserved letter...

A psychedelic combination of Shakespeare, rock & roll and Catholic symbolism in the shape of a Cuban ballet.

In this joyful version, a beautiful mechanical doll interferes with the happiness of two lovers. Original choreography by Marius Petita. New version...