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Swan Lake

Swan Lake is a full-length ballet composed primarily by Tchaikovsky, featuring music and choreography largely attributed...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

9.5 Brilliant

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The Sleeping Beauty

*The Sleeping Beauty* is a cornerstone of classical ballet choreography primarily attributed to Marius Petipa. This full...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

9.2 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

9.1 Excellent

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Giselle

*Giselle* is a full-length ballet exploring a poignant romantic narrative set in 19th century rural France. The story ce...

Romantic Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

9.0 Excellent

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Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)

Sergei Cranko's Romeo and Juliet is a full-length ballet adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. Noted for its stri...

Narrative 20TH Century Full Length Prokofiev

9.0 Excellent

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Eugene Onegin (Cranko)

“Eugene Onegin” is a full-length ballet based on Pushkin’s novel. Choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, it tell...

Russia Narrative 20TH Century Full Length

9.0 Excellent

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L'Histoire de Manon

L’Histoire de Manon is a full-length ballet based on Massenet's opera. It tells the tragic narrative of Manon Leprévé an...

Narrative 20TH Century Full Length Macmillan

9.0 Excellent

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La Bayadère

La Bayadère is a full-length classical ballet originating in 19th-century Russia. It tells a tragic narrative centered o...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

8.6 Great

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The Lady of the Camellias

*La Dame aux Camélias* is a full-length ballet adapted from Alexandre Dumas’s novel. It portrays the tragic romance of M...

Narrative 20TH Century Full Length Chopin

8.5 Great

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The Red Shoes (Matthew Bourne)

Matthew Bourne’s *The Red Shoes* is a full-length ballet adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. It tells th...

Narrative British Full Length Matthew Bourne

8.5 Great

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La Fille mal gardée

*La Fille Mal Gardée*, choreographed by Ludwig Minkus, is a cornerstone of classical ballet. This 19th-century full-leng...

Classical Narrative 19TH Century Full Length

8.4 Great

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La Sylphide

La Sylphide is a nineteenth-century ballet centered on a tragic love between Allan, a human soldier, and La Sylphide, 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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A Folk Tale

“A Folk Tale” is a ballet exploring the Russian folktale of Vasilisa the Beautiful, depicting her perilous journey throu...

Romantic Narrative 19TH Century Bournonville

7.2 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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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