Ballet

Frederick Ashton's delightful ballet has proved irresistible to audiences of all ages and the Royal Ballet's production has immediate appeal for newcomers to ballet as well as for those who return time and again to enjoy it's lyrical comedy.

The three ballets on this remarkable DVD tell no stories, but they are full of human drama. In one sense, they all ell the same story-of the vitality, daring, intelligence, and emotional depth that a great dancer possesses.

A magical tour through the land of flying horses, dancing fish, and tumbling clowns highlights this magnificent Bolshoi Ballet production of the Little Humpbacked Horse. Featuring the legendary Maya Plisetskaya in the role of the Queen Maiden and with...

Giselle is a dramatic and timeless tale of love, deception, revenge and forgiveness. An enchanting classical ballet from the Romantic era, Giselle was first performed in 1941. The ballet's combination of dramatic acting, virtuoso technique and ethereal...

Marius Petipa: French Master Of Russian Ballet DVD

The dancer performs scenes from works by Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Adam, Gounod, Gluck, Stravinksy, Janacek, Britten, Rossini, Khachaturian, Suk, Shchedrin/Bizet, Zahradnik, Rybnikov, Bach, Kocab/Horacek, Hapka/Horacek, and Andersson/Rice.

No performer on the world stage received so much acclaim and publicity as Rudolf Nureyev, and no one gave away so little about their private life and thinking. In this definitive documentary made some twelve months before his death in 1993.

This ballet by Uwe Scholz features Kiyoko Kimura, Chrisoph Boehm, Oksana Kulchytska, and the Leipzig Ballet, with Eunyee, Marie-Cluade Chappuis, Werner Guera, Friedemann Roehling, the Choir of the Leipzig Opera, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.

Maya Plisetskaya is in every sense an exceptional personailty. Like almost no other dancer, the eternal prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi Theatre understood how to combine outstanding dance skills with dramatic expression.

Four Seasons Ballet DVD

An exclusive dance event featuring some of the leading ballet stars of our time, "Divine Dancers" presents their favorite classical and modern pieces by choreographers.

Works include Swan Lake, Le Corsaire (Pas de Deux), Go for Barocco, the Dying Swan, and Raymonda's Wedding. Pierre-Michel Durand conducts the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Also included is an interview with artistic director Tory Dobrin.