The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, its first production at its new home in Covent Garden. Margot Fonteyn danced the role of the beautiful Princess Aurora in the first performance, with Robert Helpmann as Prince Florimund. Sixty years later, in 2006, the original 1946 staging was revived by then Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason and Christopher Newton, returning Oliver Messel’s wonderful designs and glittering costumes to the stage.
A pair of short ballets, written for the screen, filmed and performed by artists of the Georgian SSR...
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on ...
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...
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up f...
When everyone in town falls under the spell of charismatic cosmetic surgeon Doctor Coppelius, feisty...
Matthew Bourne choreographs this performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet, filmed live in London. The sho...
An old timbal performer in a puppet theater has a secret past.
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York t...
When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds hersel...
The first revival of Wayne McGregor’s critically acclaimed ballet triptych to music by Max Richter, ...
Now celebrating its 50th year, George Balanchine’s sparkling ballet still shines with all the brilli...
The ultimate romantic ballet, performed by former Bolshoi Ballet principals Olga Smirnova and Jacopo...
Swanhilda notices her fiancee Franz is infatuated with the beautiful Coppélia who sits reading on he...
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and g...
This unusual and intriguing interpretation of the ballet Cinderella with choreography and staging b...
Going to see Nutcracker with the whole family has been a tradition in other countries for many years...
With the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and conductor Brian Castles-Onion, a gritty set desig...
The classic Mariinsky (Kirov) production of the greatest of all ballets. Filmed in the imperial sple...
Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984...