Dancer Vera Grabinska performs choreography by Pierre Michailowsky for the piece "Le Cygne", by Saint-Saëns, next to the artificial fountain on the grounds of the International Sample Fair in Rio de Janeiro. The dance movements alternate with images of swans in the water.

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

A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on ...

Matthew Bourne choreographs this performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet, filmed live in London. The sho...
This short documentary describes the process and inspiration behind the creation and performance of ...

When rebellious street dancer Andie West lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds h...

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York t...

Ballet Boys takes you through disappointments, victories, forging of friendship, first loves, doubt,...

RHYTHM IS IT! records the first big educational project of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under S...

George Balanchine's jewel-themed triptych, strikingly choreographed to the music of Faure, Stravinsk...

To speak of that ballet is very difficult because the theme is so popular as a fairy tale, adapted b...

The Nutcracker is Mikhail Baryshnikov's breathtaking and critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated product...

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up f...

Giselle is the quintessential Romantic ballet. Its title role, one of the most technically demanding...

Discover Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male company that for 45 years h...

Going to see Nutcracker with the whole family has been a tradition in other countries for many years...

This all-time ballet favourite, in which young Clara is swept into a fantasy adventure when one of h...

During a Christmas Eve party and a young girl, Clara, being given a nutcracker doll by her godfather...

The Merry Widow, a beguiling, romantic ballet starring Patricia McBride and Peter Martins.

The former principal ballerina tells her story, with historic performances from the BBC archives and...