Ballet Movies

After surviving a vicious attack, the body of a rigorous ballerina threatens to decay unless she placates a “certain hunger” to...

The Bolshoi presents the famous star-crossed lovers from Shakespeare’s most tragic love story set to Prokofiev’s cinematic score.

The 1971/72 released film adaptation of China's famous revolutionary ballet, The White-Haired Girl (白毛女).

A choreography of Benvindo Fonseca to 19 songs performed live by the music group Madredeus and the dance group Madredeus of Contemporary Ballet of...

BLACK BALLERINA tells the story of several black women from different generations who fell in love with ballet. Six decades ago, while pursuing their...

Filmed on the stage of London's Covent Garden. Includes extracts from Swan lake, Ondine & The Firebird.

"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...

Classic production of the world’s most-famous ballet, the one that dance audiences long for – Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. First...

When a man's wife shows signs of anorexia as she pursues a career in dancing, he tries to force her to eat.

Az Életbe táncoltatott leány is a 1964 Hungarian film directed by Tamás Banovich. It was entered into the 1965 Cannes...

This film is part of the series "Treasures of Russian ballet".

Part folklore, part opera-ballet, this féerie presents local pagan traditions on the day of the summer solstice and historical events from...

London's Royal Ballet performs two of Igor Stravinsky's classic works in this pair of performances choreographed by dance legend Nijinska. Zenaida...

Tamara Rojo, dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet, explores Giselle - the first great Romantic ballet, and a defining role for any...

The multi-award-winning dance film Amelia (2002), directed and choreographed by Edouard Lock and performed by the acclaimed dance company La La La...

Hailed as a masterpiece of 21st century dance, Akram Khan’s Giselle comes to cinemas for the first time with Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo,...

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