Search Results: DVD Ballet
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MAURICE JARRE
Notre Dame de Paris (Complete Ballet, recorded live in March 2013) La Teatro alla Scala Ballet / Natalia Osipova, Roberto Bolle, Eris Nezha, Mick Zeni / Paul Connelly (cond) [ Opus Arte La Scala Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] With Roland Petit's cool, cabaret-style choreography and chic costumes by Yves Saint Laurent, Notre Dame de Paris has been a modern ballet hit ever since its 1965 premiere. Petit's deft condensation of Victor Hugo's epic and tragic novel is now... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Lac - After 'Swan Lake' (Ballet with Choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot) Les Ballets de Monte Carlo / Bernice Coppieters, Anja Behrend, April Ball, Stephan Bourgond / Leonard Slatkin (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] Jean-Christophe Maillot has re-worked Swan Lake with the writer Jean Rouaud (1990 Prix Goncourt winner) to bring a new drama to this pillar of the classic repertoire. This new adaptation, filmed in a special studio-setting at the Grimaldi Forum in... |
PROKOFIEV
Romeo et Juliette (complete ballet recorded in 2002) Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo / with Bernice Coppieters, Chris Roelandt, Asier Uriagereka / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Imago-d DVD / DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Filmed on the opening night at the Monte Carlo Opera House in 1996, Jean-Christophe Maillot's interpretation of the classic Shakespeare drama Romeo & Juliet, which uses the Prokofiev score, downplays the social and political ramifications that most... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Casse Noisette Circus (complete ballet based on 'The Nutcracker' recorded in 1999) Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo / with Bernice Coppieters, Nathalie Leger, Francesco Nappa / David Garforth (cond) [ Imago-d DVD / DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Jean-Christophe Maillot's version of the popular classical ballet The Nutcracker, recorded in the Festival Tent of Fontvieille in 1999, is an innovative interpretation of the well-known subject. It was Maillots brainchild to transpose the ballet into... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Dancer's Dream - Four documentaries dedicated to the great ballet productions by Rudolf Nureyev Les Etoiles / Les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris / Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 4 DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] The documentaries by François Roussillon examine the various aspects of the ballets, which have become classics in the repertoire of the ballet ensemble of the Paris opera through Rudolf Nureyev's choreography. Nureyev's innate talent for dancing and... |
PHILIPPE DECOUFLE
The Planet Decoufle: documentary profiles dancer, choreographer and film-maker Philippe Decoufle / Abracadabra Lyon National Opera Ballet / Francoise Jouillie, Dominique Laine, Jayne Plaisted / Yakov Kreisberg [ Kultur / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] g - Abracadabra is a play on multiple reflections within the imaginary universe of Philippe Decouflé. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet recorded in 2009) Royal Opera House / Marialela Nunez, Thiago Soares, Elizabeth McGorian, Christopher Saunders / Valery Ovsyanikov (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] 'The production as a whole is beautifully formed and dramatically convincing… And praise, too, for the corps, who made us feel the sorrow and anger of the swans' collective misfortune.' The Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
American Ballet Theatre at the Met - Mixed Bill (Includes Les Sylphides & Paquita) Mikhail Baryshnikov / Cynthia Harvey / Cynthia Gregory / Fernando Bujones [ Kultur / NVC Arts / Warner Music Vision / DVD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] G :- "Picture quality is excellent, very clear, and no NTSC colour jaggies. Some credit must go to the stage designer and lighting engineer as well as to the video director and technicians. Two channel stereo sound quality is quite good, and it will... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Complete ballet recorded in 2012) Muziektheater, Amsterdam / Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, Larissa Lezhnina, Megan Zimny Gray / Ermanno Florio (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "After a convoluted start, Christopher Wheeldon's narrative offers magic in every sphere - design, choreography, and orchestra. Anna Tsyganova's Cinderella is charming." BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013 **** |
FRANK MOON / DAVID PRICE
Moon/Price: The Mother (complete ballet) Natalia Osipova, Jonathan Goddard [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 15/May/2020 ] "The Mother is a powerful, narrative dance production choreographed and directed by Arthur Pita - a master storyteller. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's dark tale, The Story of a Mother. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 (The Royal Swedish Ballet) Nathalie Nordquist, Anders Nordström, Marketta Kaila, Christian Rambe Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra, Michel Quéval [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 8/Nov/2002 ] This stunning production by The Royal Swedish Ballet, produced by Ross MacGibbon, stars Nathalie Nordquist as Odette/Odile and Anders Nordström as Prince Siegfried. Choreographer Peter Wright stages Swan Lake as a romantic Gothic tragedy. This... |
LUDWIG MINKUS
Don Quixote (complete ballet recorded in 2007) National Ballet of Cuba / Viengsay Valdes / Romel Frometa / Dayron Frometa / Giovanni Duarte (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Alicia Alonso, founded this improbable ballet company in 1948, with the support of Fidel Castro, and 60 years later, the octogenarian former prima ballerina, whose sight started to fail aged 20, is still the director. |
PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Peter and the Wolf / L'Enfant Et Les Sortileges The Nederlands Dans Theater / Lorin Maazel / The Royal Ballet School / Paul Murphy [ Arthaus Musik / RM Associates / DVD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] G :- Regions 2 + 5 - Widescreen 16:9 & Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo - Colour - 82 Minutes (total) - PAL Prokofiev's classic and Ravel's fairy tale ballet are different in content but both are thoroughly recommended to all. Starring The... |
MOZART / FOSS / PERGOLESI / MARCELLO / VIVALDI / TORELLI
Three Ballets: Bella Figura / Sleepless / Birth-day (complete dance works rec 1998 - 2005) Netherlands Dance Theatre / Jiří Kylián, choreographer [ Arthaus Elegance DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "This was my first exposure to Kylián, and now I am a fan. Anyone interested in serious modern dance should check him out. This is beautiful, exciting stuff." (ClassicalNet) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (complete ballet recorded December 14, 2011) New York City Ballet / Megan Fairchild, Joaquin De Luz, Teresa Reichlen, Daniel Ulbricht [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 10/Nov/2016 ] Choreography - George Balanchine Experience the wonder of New York City Ballet's iconic holiday classic on the big screen. In George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's beloved melodies transport the young and young at heart to a magical... |
PROKOFIEV
Ivan The Terrible (complete ballet recorded in 2003) Nicolas Le Riche / Eleonora Abbagnato / Karl Paquette / Le Corps de Ballet and Opéra National de Paris / Vello Pähn [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Arthaus presents one of the most fascinating choreographies to have emerged from Russia during the last decades: Yuri Grigorovich's original ballet dramatizing Ivan the Terrible's reign as Czar of Russia. |
NILS PETTER MOLVAER
Ibsen's Ghosts (recorded in 2017) Norwegian National Ballet / The Norwegian National Ballet School [ BelAir Classiques DVD / DVD - released 10/Jun/2019 ] Ibsen's Ghosts is an evocative production in a modern dance style. Nils Petter Molvær has composed new music, which he performs on-stage together with Jan Bang. |
SHOSTAKOVICH / JOPLIN / BRIAN ELIAS
Three Ballets - Concerto / Elite Syncopations / The Judas Tree Royal Ballet / Sarah Lamb, Carlos Acosta, Yuhur Choe, Stephen McRae, Leanne Benjamin / Robert Clark, Dominic Grier, Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 19/Dec/2010 ] "There has never been a choreographer that I can think of who could produce three such contrasting works, and you sit watching in wonderment at the fertile imaginings of his mind. " Telegraph |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Complete ballet choreographed by George Balanchine) Pacific Northwest Ballet / BBC Concert Orchestra / Stewart Kershaw [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 9/May/2002 ] G: 'Skirting the stage with razor sharp jetés, Seth Belliston (as Puck) made a terrific impact.' The Stage |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN / etc
Opera National de Paris: Ballet - Swan Lake / Cinderella / Jewels / La Dame aux Camelias Paris Opera Ballet / Agnes Letestu, Jose Martinez, Aurélie Dupont, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Laëtitia Pujol, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Bringing together four seminal works, this attractive collection offers a perfect introduction to the world's oldest national ballet company. |
