Nina, una brillante bailarina que forma parte de una compañía de ballet de Nueva York, vive completamente absorbida por la danza. La presión de su controladora madre, la rivalidad con su compañera Lily y las exigencias del severo director se irán incrementando a medida que se acerca el día del estreno. Esta tensión provoca en Nina un agotamiento nervioso y una confusión mental que la incapacitan para distinguir entre realidad y ficción.
Barbie (Odette) cobra vida en esta su tercera aventura, basada en el famoso cuento de hadas y que cuenta con la música de Tchaikovsky. Un unicornio llamada Lila llega a la aldea de Odette, logra escapar de los cazadores y corre hacia un bosque encantado con la chica pisandole los talones. Allí se encuentra atrapada y transformada en cisne por el malvado Rothbart.
La película comienza cuando se prueba un par de brillantes zapatillas de color rosa, ella y su mejor amiga, Hailey, son llevados a un mundo fantástico ballet. Allí, Kristyn descubre que ella tiene que bailar en sus ballets favoritos para derrotar a una malvada Reina de las Nieves.
Una joven bailarina americana llega a Hungría para inscribirse en una escuela de ballet y pronto se dará cuenta que las cosas no son lo que parecen.
Contemporary dance company Adventures In Motion Pictures' triumphant modern re-interpretation of Swan Lake, with its cast of male swans, has turned tradition upside down and has taken the ballet fraternity by storm. Never has such a contemporary re-working of a traditional ballet thrilled both ardent critics and modern dance enthusiasts in such equal measure. Originally broadcast on the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 26, episode 15).
Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Through the lives of these former schoolmates, this intimate film reveals how they have adjusted to their post-Soviet reality in today's Moscow.
The classic Mariinsky (Kirov) production of the greatest of all ballets. Filmed in the imperial splendor of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg. Starring Ulyana Lopatkina, Danila Korsuntsev and the breathtaking Mariinsky corps de ballet. Conducted by the great Russian maestro Valery Gergiev.
In EDO, the fabulous wonderland where only men exist, the most beautiful courtesan is Shiratori Dayū. His apprentice's suicide made him desolate, and he finds love when he meets the most popular and sexy candy boy, Furimatsu, at the "Candy Shop." However, the town of EDO bans romantic relationships, and a rare disease starts to spread.
La bailarina Polina Semionova interpreta las partes míticas de Odette y Odile (cisne blanco y cisne negro) junto a su gran acompañante Stanislav Jermakov. El director musical ruso Vladimir Fedoseyev dirige la Orquesta del teatro de Ópera de Zurich aclamada en este repertorio.
Swan Lake, a screen adaptation of the ballet of the same name by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Performed by Kirov Ballet, starring Yelena Yevteyeva as Odette and directed for film by Appolinariy Dudko and Konstantin Sergeyev. Produced by Lenfilm studios in 1968. Orchestra of the S.M. Kirov Leningrad Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, conductor Victor Fedotov. Ballet dancers of the Leningrad State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after S.M. Kirov and students of the Leningrad Choreographic School M. Agrippina Vaganova took part in the film. Golden Orchid Prize - Grand Prix at the VIFF of ballet films in Genoa, Italy (1969).
An aspiring classical pianist loses his hearing and, with the help of those closest to him, must find the strength to play again. . .