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- DirectorPeter Del MonteStarsJennifer ConnellyGary McCleeryLaurent TerzieffYoung American ballerina enrolls in a prestigious ballet school in Hungary. She suddenly becomes inexplicably obsessed with Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and her personality completely changes. A young man in love with her investigates.
- DirectorFrederick WisemanStarsMitchell BloomJulio BoccaUlysses DoveA window into New York City's prestigious American Ballet Theatre - its relentless rehearsals, its administrative gears, the lives of its dancers and instructors, and finally, its public performances.
- DirectorSandra GoldbacherStarsEmma WatsonYasmin PaigeLucy BoyntonIn 1930s London, three orphan girls are adopted by their great uncle, who is an eccentric paleontologist, and his niece.
- DirectorRoss MacGibbonStarsMarianela NuñezChristopher SaundersThiago SoaresYolanda Sonnabend's Fabergé-inspired designs evoke the world of Imperial Russia in Anthony Dowell's acclaimed production for The Royal Ballet of one of the world's best-loved ballets. Marianela Nuñez as Odette/Odile and Thiago Soares as Prince Siegfried bring new vitality to a compelling story of tragic romance. The Russian conductor Valeriy Ovsyanikov directs the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in Tchaikovsky's lush romantic score. Filmed in high definition and recorded in true surround sound.
- DirectorRoss MacGibbonStarsAlina CojocaruFederico BonelliMarianela NuñezTchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by Marius Petipa, is one of the best loved of classical ballets, combining in a single work all the enchantment and virtuosity that ballet has to offer.
- DirectorRoss MacGibbonRoger ShermanStarsJulie AndrewsAnthony DowellAlina CojocaruA re-staging of the Royal Ballet's 1985 production, with Anthony Dowell - this time as Drosselmeyer - and a new supporting cast.
- DirectorJohn VernonStarsLesley CollierAnthony DowellMichael ColemanAlthough the set design and most of the costumes are remarkably like the later Royal Ballet Peter Wright productions, (2001 and 2009) many tiny details are different. While the production design is quite elaborate, much of the action is staged in a simpler manner than in Wright's later versions; for instance, the grandfather in the wheelchair has even less to do than in the later version, the angel that appears to Clara is on the staircase instead of next to the Christmas tree, and no St. Nicholas appears at the Christmas Party to distribute candies. Wright himself has stated that of all his "Nutcracker" productions, this one is the closest to the original. The story is the same as in the standard version of the ballet, with nothing really added to it, except that, as in many Russian versions and the Baryshnikov one, Clara and the Nutcracker Prince (Hans-Peter) are played by adults, not children. Clara's costume once she sneaks downstairs after the Christmas party is completely different from the one worn by the later Claras - she does not seem to be wearing a nightgown, but a full-fledged dress. In Act II, Clara and Hans-Peter (Drosselmeyer's nephew, who was formerly the Nutcracker) do not take part in the dances at the Sugar Plum Fairy's kingdom, as they do in the later Royal Ballet versions. The ending is almost completely different from the later Royal Ballet versions. Although we see Drosselmeyer and Hans-Peter reunited in the workshop (indicating that the fantasy events were real), there is no indication that Clara and Hans-Peter meet up again in the real world, or that they will be reunited as a couple, as in the later Peter Wright Royal Ballet versions. Drosselmeyer is noticeably grimmer in this production than in the later Royal Ballet versions. He never once smiles, and never seems to be really enjoying himself.
- StarsNatalia MakarovaAnthony DowellMichael ColemanThe Royal Ballet's 1980 production of Tchaikovsky's classic ballet.
- DirectorJohn VernonStarsMerle ParkRudolf NureyevGeoffrey Cauley
- DirectorClark JonesStarsDavid WayneMargot FonteynMichael SomesTchaikovsky's ballet, with Margot Fonteyn in the title role, presented on TV in color. Only a black-and-white kinescope of this production seems to survive.
- DirectorRoss MacGibbonStarsMiyako YoshidaSteven McRaeGary AvisA revival of Peter Wright's production of "The Nutcracker".
- DirectorZoya TulubyevaStarsMaya PlisetskayaNikolai FedeychevViktor KhomyakovAsaf Messerer's take on the iconic ballet featuring the renowned prima ballerina assoluta Maya Plisetskaya.
- 1976– 3h8.8 (11)TV Episode
- DirectorPeter MumfordStarsAdam CooperScott AmblerFiona ChadwickThe unhappy and unloved Prince is mocked, betrayed and rejected by everyone around him. When he decides to commit suicide by throwing himself in a lake at a city park, a beautiful Swan emerges from the water. The Prince and The Swan become close friends, but their friendship is destined to end in tragedy.
- 1976– 1h 57m9.1 (67)TV EpisodeDirectorMatthew DiamondStarsGillian MurphyÁngel CorellaMarcelo GomesThe American Ballet Theater performs the classic ballet Swan Lake, the story of star-crossed lovers Prince Siegfried and Odette, the queen of the swans who can only be released from her curse by the promise of Siegfried's true love.
- DirectorAndy SommerStarsPaulina SemionovaStanislav JermakovKarin PellmontA magical version of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece by the Zurich Ballet and choreographer Heinz Spoerli.
- DirectorPaul CzinnerStarsMargot FonteynMichael SomesBrian AshbridgeFilmed on the stage of London's Covent Garden. Includes extracts from Swan lake, Ondine & The Firebird.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.