Classical ballet

This film follows five ballerinas at the Mariinski Theater in Saint Petersburg over a period of two years. Through their destinies, Ballerina reveals the career arc of the Russian ballerina today, from her studies at dance school, through to the summit of her glory on stages throughout the world.

Royal Opera House on Instagram: "🦢🎵 On this day in 1877, Swan Lake received its premiere! This ballet is arguably the most famous, best loved and certainly one of the most frequently performed works in the classical ballet repertory. With a spellbinding score by Tchaikovsky, the first production was choreographed by V. Reisinger but Petipa and Ivanov's production later became the definitive version with their vividly contrasting worlds of opulent courts and moonlit lakesides. Drawn from…

Ballet costumes constitute an essential part of stage design and can be considered as a visual record of a performance. They are often the only survival

The curtain opens in a dark and gloomy forest on the banks of a pond. Giselle’s tombstone can be seen at the left; the bluish gleam of the moon gives a cold and misty appearance to the scene.…

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Paris Opera ballet Giselle photo: M. Lidvac

Take one look at Misty Copeland, and it's pretty clear that ballet takes some serious strength. While many ballet dancers are moving for hours every day, they rehearse in addition to—not in place of—outside conditioning. To see what it takes to keep those long, lean dancer muscles in shape, we got in touch with The