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Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky’s *Swan Lake* is a beloved classical ballet depicting the tragic love story of Prince Siegfried and Odette,...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

9.5 Brilliant

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The Sleeping Beauty

Based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, *The Sleeping Beauty* is a classical ballet depicting Princess Aurora’s fatal sl...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

9.2 Excellent

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The Nutcracker

Based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story, *The Nutcracker* is a beloved Christmas ballet depicting a young girl's magical journe...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

9.1 Excellent

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Giselle

Georges Bizet’s *Giselle*, composed in 1862, is a tragic opera depicting a peasant girl who dies from heartbreak and des...

Romantic Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

9.0 Excellent

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Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)

Romeo and Juliet (Cranko) is a visually arresting ballet set in a stark, industrial landscape depicting Verona, utilizin...

Narrative 20TH Century Full Length Prokofiev

9.0 Excellent

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Eugene Onegin (Cranko)

“Eugene Onegin” is a three-act ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, depicting the tragic romance betwee...

Narrative 20TH Century Full Length Tchaikovsky

9.0 Excellent

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L'Histoire de Manon

L’Histoire de Manon, composed by Minkowski, depicts the tragic love story of a young woman named Manon Leprévé as she na...

Narrative 20TH Century Full Length Macmillan

9.0 Excellent

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La Bayadère

La Bayadère is a dramatic Romantic ballet set in 19th-century India, depicting the tragic love triangle between a Hindu...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

8.6 Great

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Nijinsky

Stravinsky’s *The Rite of Spring*, premiered in 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, provoked immediate and violent p...

Narrative 21ST Century Full Length Neumeier

8.5 Great

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The Red Shoes (Matthew Bourne)

Matthew Bourne’s *The Red Shoes* reimagines Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale as a gritty, passionate story o...

Narrative British Full Length Matthew Bourne

8.5 Great

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La Fille mal gardée

Ludwig Minkus’s *La Fille Mal Gardée* premiered in 1890 and depicts the comedic pursuit of a young maid, Giselle, by Alb...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

8.4 Great

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La Sylphide

“La Sylphide,” composed by Delibes and first performed in 1832, depicts the tragic love story of a mortal man, Allan, an...

Romantic Narrative 19TH Century Bournonville

8.2 Great

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Napoli

Napoli, choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan, portrays the tumultuous and passionate love story of Don Abbondio and Counte...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Bournonville

7.9 Good

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Coppélia

Choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, *Coppélia* is a romantic ballet set in 19th-century France that tells the...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

7.8 Good

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Raymonda

Raymonda is a late 19th-century French ballet composed by Minkowski, notable for its expansive narrative drawing on the...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

7.7 Good

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Paquita

Paquita, composed by Ludwig Minkus and orchestrated by Franz Berwald, is a vibrant Romantic ballet premiered in 1846, de...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

7.5 Good

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Le Corsaire

Georges Bizet’s opera *Le Corsaire*, adapted into a ballet by Ubaldo Santuccio in 1855, tells the story of a pirate capt...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

7.4 Good

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The Humpbacked Horse

“The Humpbacked Horse,” choreographed by Marius Petipa in 1896, is a comedic ballet centered around the absurd antics of...

Narrative 19TH Century Full Length Saint Leon

7.2 Good

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Le Papillon

Le Papillon, choreographed by Jiří Kylián in 1996, is a contemporary ballet set to Erik Satie’s music, depicting a man’s...

Romantic Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

6.5 Fair

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Marco Spada

Marco Spada is a neo-classical ballet choreographed by Mauro Bellone, premiering in 2019 and exploring themes of transfo...

Romantic Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

6.5 Fair