Ballet

Heritage Collection DVD

?K?RPER TRILOGY? A THREE-PIECE CHOREOGRAPHIC CYCLEIn 1999 Sasha Waltz started working on her three-piece choreographic cycle about the human body. In ?K?rper?, following up this extraordinary research, she investigates the anatomy and the physical appe

This 4 DVD set includes the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, Het Nationale Ballet, and more perform Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, and the Sleeping Beauty. Extras include documentaries, featurettes, behind-the-scenes, and more.

This unique collection brings together four jewels of the Royal Ballet repertoire that will delight and captivate young viewers the world over. Prepare to be enchanted by the timelessly colourful characters of Beatrix Potter including Peter Rabbit and...

Agnes Letestu, Stephane Bullion, Michael Denard, and Dorothee Gilbert are featured in this Paris Opera Ballet production of the Chopin ballet filmed at the Palais Garnier in High Definition with conductor Michael Schmidtsdorff.

One of, if not the foremost ballet company in the world, the Bolshoi Ballet dates it's history to 1825, and it's pre-history to the original company founded in 1776. Over the course of the entire 20th century the company vaulted to the pre-eminent status...

This special collection brings together three acclaimed Royal Ballet performances of Tchaikovsky's celebrated masterpieces. The tragic and gloriously romantic Swan Lake features compelling dancing from Marianela Nunez and Thiago Soares, while an...

At work: Sylvie Guillem joined the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera when she was just fifteen and earned the distinction of Prima Ballerina within a mere four years. At the age of nineteen, she became an ?toile in Nureyev's Swan Lake". It shows her ded

Prokofiev's great ballet features Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillian, Sadler's Wells Ballet (Royal Ballet). Choreography by Frederick Ashton. Conducted by Robert Irving from a TV Broadcast of April 29, 1957.

Ji'i Kyli?n's ballet, set to Stravinsky, Igor's Symphony of Psalms, captures the archaic power of the music. The restrained gestures of a group of dancers contrast with the forceful and passionate movements of individuals and pairs who are set apart from...

Kaguyahime is one of Japan's oldest fairytales. The story of the mysterious Moon Princess inspired Jir? Kyli?n to create a full-length ballet and to commission a score from the Japanese composer Maki Ishii. Through it's use of western percussion...

In 1999 Sasha Waltz started working on her three-piece choreographic cycle about the human body. In ?K?rper?, following up this extraordinary research, she investigates the anatomy and the physical appearance of the human being, relating her dancers' bodi