Nina er en utrolig talentfuld, men skræmmende ustabil ballerina, der er godt på vej til at blive en stjerne. Da hun bliver presset til det yderste af sin ambitiøse kunstneriske instruktør og trues af sin forførende rival, begynder Nina at miste sit greb om virkeligheden. I takt med at presset stiger, bliver Ninas altoverskyggende besættelse sværere og sværere at kontrollere, og hun ender i et levende mareridt, som ikke kun er en trussel for hendes forstand, men også for hendes liv.
På magisk vis bliver Barbie vakt til live i sin tredje tegnefilm, Barbie af Svanesøen. Filmen er baseret på Tjaikovskijs fremragende musik og det elskede eventyr, og i hovedrollen ses Barbie som Odette, den unge bagerdatter, som følger efter en enhjørning ind i den fortryllede skov. Den onde troldmand, Rothbart, der vil besejre sin kusine Eventyrdronningen, og overtage skoven, forvandler Odette til en svane...
Dans til et magisk eventyr med Barbie i rollen som Kristyn, en balletdanserinde med store drømme! Da Kristyn prøver et par glitrende, lyserøde sko, hvirvles hun og veninden Hailey ind i en fantastisk balletverden. Her finder Kristyn ud af, at hun må danse i sine favoritballetter for at besejre den onde snedronning.
An American ballerina arrives in Hungary to enroll in a ballet school and it soon becomes apparent that things are not what they seem.
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.
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.
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).
An aspiring classical pianist loses his hearing and, with the help of those closest to him, must find the strength to play again. . .
Ballerina Polina Semionova performs the mythic parts of Odette and Odile (white swan and black swan) with her great partner Stanislav Jermakov. The Zurich Opera House Orchestra is conducted by Russian musical director Vladimir Fedoseyev acclaimed in this repertoire.
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).