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Margot Fonteyn

Margot Fonteyn was a British prima ballerina whose unparalleled artistry and technical mastery cemented her legacy as on...

Inspiration Classical Performance Dance

9.55 Brilliant

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Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky's score gives Swan Lake its musical identity, while the influential classical staging draws on choreography...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

9.50 Brilliant

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Revelations (Ailey)

Created by Alvin Ailey in 1960, Revelations draws on African American spiritual traditions and memories of his childhood...

Modern African American American Spiritual

9.50 Brilliant

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Maria Tallchief

As America's first major prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief broke barriers and brought Native American heritage to the for...

Inspiration Performance Dance Prima Ballerina

9.42 Excellent

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The Rite of Spring

First performed in 1913, The Rite of Spring brought together Igor Stravinsky's music and Vaslav Nijinsky's choreography...

Avant Garde 20TH Century One Act Stravinsky

9.30 Excellent

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The Green Table (Jooss)

Kurt Jooss created The Green Table in 1932 as an anti-war ballet with music by Fritz Cohen. Its expressionist staging op...

Expressionist Anti War Tanztheater Jooss

9.30 Excellent

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The Sleeping Beauty

With music by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa, The Sleeping Beauty is a full-length classical bal...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

9.20 Excellent

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The Rite of Spring (Bausch)

Pina Bausch's interpretation of The Rite of Spring uses Stravinsky's score to examine ritual sacrifice through physicall...

Contemporary 20TH Century One Act Stravinsky

9.20 Excellent

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Café Müller

Jiří Kylián’s Café Müller, created in 1997, is a one-act ballet exploring themes of isolation and yearning. The work fea...

Contemporary 20TH Century One Act Bausch

9.20 Excellent

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Prodigal Son (Balanchine)

George Balanchine's Prodigal Son sets the biblical parable of a wayward son to music by Sergei Prokofiev. Created for th...

Dramatic Biblical Balanchine Ballets Russes

9.20 Excellent

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L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Mark Morris)

Mark Morris’s *L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato* is a large-scale modern ballet choreographed to music by Handel....

Modern American Large Scale Handel

9.20 Excellent

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The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker is a full-length ballet originally choreographed by Marius Petipa based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story. It te...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

9.10 Excellent

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In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated

In the Middle, Somewhere Elevated is a contemporary ballet exploring themes of isolation and connection through intricat...

Contemporary 20TH Century One Act Forsythe

9.10 Excellent

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Apollo

Mark Morris’s *Apollo* is a significant neoclassical ballet created in the 20th century. The work explores Greek mytholo...

Neoclassical 20TH Century Balanchine One Act

9.00 Excellent

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Agon

Agon, created by William Forsythe in 1990, is a significant neoclassical ballet that examines the dynamics of rivalry an...

Neoclassical 20TH Century Balanchine One Act

9.00 Excellent

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Jewels

*Jewels* is a neoclassical ballet created by choreographer Frederick Ashton. It adapts Georges Bizet’s opera *Carmen*, u...

Neoclassical 20TH Century Abstract Balanchine

9.00 Excellent

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Until the Lions (Akram Khan)

“Until the Lions” is a contemporary ballet created by Akram Khan that powerfully portrays the experiences of Sudanese re...

Contemporary Solo South Asian Akram Khan

8.50 Great

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Falling Angels (Kylián)

Kylián’s *Falling Angels* is a contemporary ballet renowned for its deeply affecting portrayal of loss and fractured rel...

Contemporary Female Kylian Reich

8.30 Great

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Xenos (Akram Khan)

Akram Khan’s Xenos is a powerful ballet that translates the story of Rohingya refugee experiences into dance. The work e...

Contemporary Solo South Asian World War I

8.30 Great

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The River (Ailey)

Mark Morris’s *The River* (Ailey) is a large-scale ballet set to music by Philip Glass and Steve Reich, depicting the 19...

Modern 20TH Century Lyrical Ailey

7.80 Good