Ballet DVDs

The Ultimate Swan Lake / Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre

The Bolshoi Ballet Company in the Ultimate Swan Lake, Filmed Live at the Bolshoi Theatre, Starring Natalia Bessmertnova and Alexander Bogatyrev Classic ballet at its best! Video This performance offers a fine view of the liquid, lyric style of the Bolshoi Corps. Anna Kisselgoff Bessmertnova dances ravishingly and the camera work is beyond reproach. Ballet [...]

Ballet Boot Camp

DESCRIPTION: Tough muscle-toning combined with ballet-oriented cardio … all done to a stirring orchestral soundtrack. From basic sit ups and push-ups to elegant chassés and arabesques, you’re sure to develop a lean, strong dancer’s body (as you experience the joy and energy of classical ballet). The ending aerobics is especially fun – a graceful, flowing [...]

Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker / Collier, Dowell, Royal Ballet Covent Garden

DescriptionFantasy and magic are the essential ingredients of The Nutcracker, and Tchaikovsky’s imaginative score helps bring to life the fantasy world of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s enchanting story of “The Nutcracker and The Mouse King.” Gennady Rozhdestvensky is the guest conductor who “drew ravishing playing from this most ravishing of Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores.” (Guardian) Though the original [...]

Ballet Training for Girls

DescriptionThis DVD presents a professional introduction to the world of ballet for children 5-8. Ballet dancers Oleg Usenko and Natalia Zemtzova teach the entire range from warming up to stretching and then on to the first dancing steps. After warming up and stretching, the girls will learn the plié, battement tendus, rondes de jambe par [...]

Born to Be Wild – The Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre

DescriptionThis DANCE IN AMERICA performance/documentary explores the lives of the ABT’s four lead male dancers: Cuba’s Jose Manual Carreno, Spain’s Angel Corella, Ukraine’s Vladimir Malakhov, and the U.S.’s Ethan Stiefel. Concludes with the four dancers performing…. More >>
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Born to Be Wild – The Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre

An Evening with the Royal Ballet / Nureyev, Fonteyn

DescriptionThis program immortalizes a gala evening of classical ballet featuring the legendary team of Rudolf Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn. Britain’s Royal Ballet is one of the world’s most celebrated dance companies, thrilling us for over 30 years with a legacy of stunning performances. This video has been critically acclaimed as “a chance to view [...]

Adolphe Adam – Giselle / Dutch National Ballet

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 1841. The ballet’s combination of dramatic acting, virtuoso technique and ethereal beauty continues to enthrall audiences around the world. Dutch National Ballet’s new production, by the creative partnership of [...]

Delibes – Coppelia / Kirov, Vinogradov, Tarasova

Coppélia is a classical ballet in the true sense, and with its touch of East European folklore, continues to enjoy worldwide popularity. It combines the romance between Swanilda and Franz with the story of the doll-maker Coppelius, whose greatest desire is to create a doll with a soul. Franz immediately falls in love with Coppélia, [...]