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EPL Picks: A Night at the Ballet

Whether you appreciate it for the artistry and musicality, the athleticism, or the beautiful costumes, watching ballet holds many delights. These ballet recordings are full of performances from some of the best dancers in the world displaying their prowess.

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  • The Sleeping Beauty fairy tale makes excellent source material for this ballet. With music from Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa’s choreography, Royal Ballet dancers Marianela Nunez and Vadim Muntagirov bring new life to this classic ballet.
    DVD, 2007[London] : Opus Arte, [2007] — DVD 792.842 SLE
  • Based on episodes from Miguel de Cervantes novel, this classic ballet is choreographed to music by Ludwig Minkus. This recording is of the first Royal Ballet production directed by Cuban-British choreographer (and former ballet dancer) Carlos Acosta.
    DVD, 2025London : Opus Arte, [2025] — DVD 792.842 DON
  • One of the best known ballets of all time, this Royal Ballet production includes additional choreography from Liam Scarlett along with traditional choreography first established by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in 1895. With Tchaikovsky’s score, this…
    DVD, 2015[Place of publication not identified] : Opus Arte, 2015. — DVD 792.842 SWA
  • Starstruck

    Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet

    Scottish Ballet revives a ballet originally choreographed by Gene Kelly for Paris Opera Ballet in 1960. A work that fuses jazz and ballet, this production features a style of ballet that was groundbreaking in Europe at the time.
    DVD, 2022[Place of publication not identified] : Opus Arte, [2022] — DVD 792.842 STA
  • Originally choreographed in only five months in the 1960s, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet ballet was influenced by both Shakespeare and Zeffirelli’s 1960 film. Passionate and heartbreaking, this tragic ballet is danced to a score by Sergei…
    DVD, 2021London : Opus Arte, [2021] — DVD 792.842 ROM KEN
  • This Is Ballet

    Dancing Anne of Green Gables

    This documentary takes you behind the scenes at Ballet Jorgen in Toronto as they work to create choreography in a ballet adaptation of L.M. Montogmery’s classic Canadian novel.
    DVD, 2024[United States] : Filmhub, [2024] — DVD 792.80971 MON THI
  • If you’ve enjoyed one of the many films or television series about Queen Victoria, why not explore her life retold through ballet? Choreographed by Cathy Marston, this production was co-produced by Northern Ballet and The National Ballet of Canada.
    DVD, 2020London : Opus Arte, [2020] — DVD 792.842 VIC
  • A comic ballet whose plot revolves around life-size mechanical dancing dolls, mistaken identity, and love.
    DVD, 2019London : Opus Arte, [2019] — DVD 792.842 COP
  • One of the most notable British ballet choreographers, this collection includes nine short ballets which range from comedy to romance to drama.
    DVD, 2019London : Opus Arte, [2019] — DVD 792.845 FRE
  • Hedda Gabler is translated from Ibsen’s classic play into ballet in this production created by Norwegian National Ballet, directed by Marit Moum Aune with music by Nils Petter Molvaer.
    DVD, 2019[Paris, France] : Bel Air Classiques, [2019] — DVD 792.842 HED IBS
  • Lewis Carroll’s absurd world is brought to life through dance in this production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. An co-production of The Royal Ballet and The National Ballet this is an excellent option to share with young ballet lovers.
    DVD, 2018London : Opus Arte, 2018. — DVD 792.842 ALI
  • Often the first ballet that will come to mind for anyone even vaguely familiar with dance, no list would be complete without this holiday classic. Come for the tutus, stay for the sword fights with giant mice.
    DVD, 2017[Place of publication not identified] : Opus Arte, [2017] — DVD 792.842 NUT