Ballet Movies

BalletBoyz at the Roundhouse documents the life and work of this ground-breaking company, with footage from their 2014 Roundhouse performances. It...

This unusual interpretation of the ballet Cinderella, with choreography and staging by the renowned choreographer Maguy Marin, is set in a...

This film documents the work of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia. The first part features the company performing a dance on the legendary origins of...

After surviving a vicious attack, the body of a rigorous ballerina threatens to decay unless she placates a “certain hunger” to...

After years on the margins of a ballet company because of her skin color, a young Black dancer finally takes the lead role. As her body is exoticized...

A Ballerina steps out of her box for one more dance

The painter Jørgen has talent but no luck. His upstairs neighbor is a ballet dancer and may not have much talent, but she does have good luck....

The story of a young girl who won't give up on pursuing her dream of becoming a professional dancer.

Prima ballerina takes the stage at the Ópera Bastille, consumed by her own anxiety and stage fright

France, renowned for its fondness for the arts, is perhaps best known for its ballet thanks to Ukrainian Serge Lifar. Despite his late start as a...

Discover Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male company that for 45 years has offered audiences their passion for ballet...

This short film tells the story of Bianca, a nonbinary person, struggling to find the place for gender fluidity within the rigid world of ballet....

When a man's wife shows signs of anorexia as she pursues a career in dancing, he tries to force her to eat.

Upon hearing that farmers in Indiana had taught their llamas to participate in an informal square dance, filmmaker Cevin Soling decided to raise the...

Taisiya and Fadei are two teenagers who share a dream of becoming ballet dancers. Due to the war, they left their hometown of Kharkiv to pursue...

In Nephtali, animator Glen Keane uses both film and drawing in order to depict the journey of a ballerina that is drawn towards a higher power.

A documentary about teenagers and about the time in life when infinite insecurity constantly wrangles with unbridled fantasies of immortality...

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – The Royal Ballet