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Locating Videos
The following videos contain ballet performances. Use the call numbers to locate them. Most will be in the Media Collection on the second floor of the Library, and may be checked out for four weeks. Streaming videos may be watched online.
Full Ballets
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .A4534 2011Lewis Carroll's ever-popular story provides the basis for a spectacular new work from the Royal Ballet, which features an engaging and passionate score as well as breathtaking choreography.
Participants: Christopher Wheeldon (choreographer); Lauren Cuthbertson, Sergei Polunin, Edward Watson, Zenaida Yanowsky, Christopher Saunders, Steven McRae, Simon Russell Beale, Artists of the The Royal Ballet (dancers); Barry Wordsworth (conductor); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Anna KareninaCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.A56 A56 2008The wife of a high-ranking member of 19th century Russian society is ostracized when she forsakes all for a passionate affair with a dashing military man.
Participants: Maya Plisetskaya (choreographer); Maya Plisetskaya, Alexander Godunov, Vladimir Tikhonov, Yuri Vladimirov, supporting dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet (dancers); Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Yuri Simonov (conductor)
CarmenCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .C376 2011The tragic tale of a Spanish officer who throws his life away for the love of a gypsy temptress. Performed at the Teatro Real de Madrid.
Participants: Antonio Gades and Carlos Saura (choreographers); Vanesa Vento, Ángel Gil, Joaquín Mulero, Jairo Rodríguez (dancers)
CinderellaCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.C55 C563 2000Cinderella is poorly treated by her stepsisters and stepmother and dreams of escaping her life.
Participants: Frederick Ashton (choreographer); Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards, Georgina Parkinson, Artists of the Royal Ballet (dancers); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House- Coppélia: A Ballet in Two PartsCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.C6 B378 2011The story of a young man who becomes besotted with an exquisite automaton and is finally brought to his senses by his fiancée. Recorded in performance April 2011, Palais Garnier, Paris.
Participants: Patrice Bart after Arthur Saint-Léon (choreographer); Dorothée Gilbert, Mathias Heymann, José Martínez, Fabrice Bougeois, Corps de Ballet of the Opéra National de Paris (dancers); Orchestre Colonne; Koen Kessels (conductor) 
Creole GiselleCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .G5 2006A story of love, betrayal, and redemption among the Creoles of Louisiana in 1841.
Participants: Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot (choreographers); Virginia Johnson, Eddie J. Shellman, Lowell Smith, Lorraine Graves (dancers)
Don QuichotCall Number: streaming video (click title)In Barcelona, young Kitri and her lover Basilio must outwit her father, who wants her to marry the rich Gamache. Kitri's incidental protector is Don Quixote, who sees the feminine ideal in all the women he meets. From the Amsterdam Musical Theatre
Participants: Marius Patipa, Alexander Gorski, Alexei Ratmansky (choreographers); Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, Peter de Jong, Karel de Rooij, Dutch National Ballet (dancers); Holland Symfonia; Kevin Rhodes (conductor)
Don QuixoteCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.D66 N87 1999In Barcelona, young Kitri and her lover Basilio must outwit her father, who wants her to marry the rich Gamache. Kitri's incidental protector is Don Quixote, who sees the feminine ideal in all the women he meets. Performed by the Australian Ballet in Melbourne.
Participants: Rudolf Nureyev after Petipa (choreographer); Rudolf Nureyev, Robert Helpmann, Lucette Aldous, Ray Powell, Francis Croese (dancers); John Lanchbery (conductor)- Don QuixoteCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.D597 D66 2014In Barcelona, young Kitri and her lover Basilio must outwit her father, who wants her to marry the rich Gamache. Kitri's incidental protector is Don Quixote, who sees the feminine ideal in all the women he meets. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House.
Participants: Carlos Acosta (choreographer); Marianela Nuñez, Carlos Acosta, Christopher Saunders, Philip Mosley, Ryoichi Hirano, Laura Morera, Bennet Gartside, Gary Avis, Christina Arestis, Yuhui Choe, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Valeri Hristov, Johannes Stepanek, Itziar Mendizabal, Thomas Whitehead, Melissa Hamilton, Elizabeth Harrod, Kristen McNally (dancers); The Royal Ballet and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Martin Yates (conductor) 
La Fille Mal Gardée = The Wayward Daughter: A Ballet in Two ActsCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.F54 F55 2015Lise is the only daughter of Widow Simone. Lise loves Colas, a young farmer—but her mother has far more ambitious plans, and is determined that Lise marry Alain, the son of a wealthy landowner.
Participants: Frederick Ashton (choreographer); Natalia Osipova, Steven McRae, Philip Mosley, Christopher Saunders, Paul Kay, Michael Stojko (dancers); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Firebird [on Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird/Le Sacre du Printemps]Call Number: MEDIA GV1790.A1 S77 2009Based on Russian folklore, tells the story of Prince Ivan who wanders into an enchanted garden and sees a beautiful bird who is trying to pluck golden fruit from a silver tree. Ivan captures the bird, but succumbs to its entreaties to be set free. In gratitude for its freedom The Firebird gives Ivan a magic feather. Filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
Participants: Isabelle Fokine and Andris Lipea after Michel Fokine (choreographers); Ekaterina Kondaurova, Ilya Kunznetsov, Marianna Pavlova, Vladimir Ponomarev (dancers); Mariinsky Orchestra and Ballet; Valery Gerglev (conductor)
GiselleCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.G5 G57 2014The story of a peasant girl who goes mad and dies of a broken heart when she discovers that her beloved is a nobleman betrothed to another. Recorded at the Royal Opera house.
Participants: Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot (choreographer); Natalia Osipova, Carlos Acosta, Thomas Whitehead, Johannes Stepanek, Deidre Chapman, Christopher Saunders, Christina Arestis, Hikaru Kobayashi, Elizabeth Harrod, Akane Takada, artists of the Royal Ballet (dancers); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Boris Gruzin, conductor
La BayadereCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.B39 B39 2013Exotic and mysterious India serves as the backdrop to this story of doomed love between the warrior Solor and the bayadere, Nikiya, who is killed by her jealous rival, Gamzatti. Performed by the Bolshoi Ballet.
Participants: Marius Petipa (choreographer); Svetlana Zakharova, Vladislav Lantratov, Maria Alexandrova (dancers); Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; Pavel Sorokin (conductor)
Lac: Ballet in Four ActsCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.S8 M35 2014A reworking of Swan Lake. Recorded at Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.
Participants: Jean-Christophe Maillot (choreographer); Bernice Coppieters, Anja Behrend, April Ball, Stephan Bourgond, Alvaro Prieto, Mimoza Kolke, Jeroen Verbruggen, Asier Uriagereka, Asier Edeso, Simone Webster, Gaëlle Riou, Anjara Ballesteros, Noelani Pantastico, Maude Sabourin Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo (dancers); Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
Le CorsaireCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .C683 2005A story of pirates and shipwreck, set on the Ionian coast. Performed by the Kirov Ballet.
Participants: Marius Petipa (choreographer); Altynai Asylmuratova, Faroukh Ruzimatov, Yevgeny Neef, Telena Pankova, Konstantin Zaklinsky (dancers)- Le Sacre du Printemps = The Rite of Spring [on Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird/Le Sacre du Printemps]Call Number: MEDIA GV1790.A1 S77 2009A pagan celebration of the coming of spring. Filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
Participants: Millicent Hodson after Vaslav Nijinsky (choreographers); Alexandra Iosifidi, Elena Bazhenova, Vladimir Ponomarev (dancers); Mariinsky Orchestra and Ballet; Valery Gerglev (conductor) 
The Little MermaidCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .L58 2011A mermaid longs to join her human love on land. Recorded live at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco.
Participants: John Neumeier (choreographer); Yuan Yuan Tan, Lloyd Riggins, Tiit Helimets, Sarah Van Patten, Davit Karapetyan, San Francisco Ballet (dancers); Martin West (conductor)
A Midsummer Night's DreamCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .M53 2001An enchanting story of the impetuous yearnings of love among mere mortals, especially when the woodland's elves and fairies intervene. Live from the Teatro alla Scala, 2007.
Participants: George Balanchine (choreographer); Alessandra Ferri, Roberto Bolle, Massimo Murru (dancers); Corps de Ballet, Orchestra, and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala; Nir Kabaretti (conductor)
The NutcrackerCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.N88 B27 2004From an imperial-era Russian Christmas party, a young girl named Clara is whisked in her dreams to an imaginary world populated by the animated creations of the wizard toy maker Drosselmeier.
Participants: Mikhail Baryshnikov (choreographer); Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gelsey Kirkland, Alexander Minz, David Brachtenbach, George De La Pena, Norman Rose, Rebecca Wright (dancers); Kenneth Schermerhorn (conductor)- The NutcrackerCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .N88 2010The story of a young German girl who dreams of a Nutcracker Prince and a fierce battle against a Mouse King with seven heads. Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Participants: Peter Wright (choreographer); Gary Avis, Iohna Loots, Ricardo Cervera, Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae, dancers of the Royal Ballet (dancers); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Koen Kessels (conductor) 
OneginCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .O54 2018Set to music by Tchaikovsky, it tells Alexander Pushkin’s tragic love story of the world-weary aristocrat Onegin and the naïve country girl Tatiana in a superbly nuanced way.
Participants: John Cranko (choreographer); Alicia Amatrain, Friedemann Vogel, Elisa Badenes, David Moore, Jason Reilly, Marcia Haydée, Melinda Witham, dancers of the Stuttgart Ballet (dancers); State Orchestra Suttgart; James Tuggle (conductor)
RainCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .R35 2015A contemporary interpretation of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians.
Participants: Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (choreographer); dancers of the Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris (dancers); Ensemble Ictus and Synergy Vocals; Georges Elie Octors (conductor)
RhapsodyCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .A84 2016A non-narrative ballet based on based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Participants: Frederick Ashton (choreographer); Natalia Osipova, Steven McRae, dancers of the Royal Ballet (dancers); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Romeo and JulietCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.R6 R66 20XXThe noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter feud. When Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, fall in love they are swept up in a series of violent events and cruel twists of fortune.
Participants: Kenneth MacMillan (choreographer); Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, David Blair, Desmond Doyle, Julia Farron, Michael Somes, dancers of the Royal Ballet (dancers); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; John Lanchbery (conductor)
The Sleeping BeautyCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.S54 S54 2000Disgruntled at not being invited to the princess' christening, the wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for a hundred years. Recorded at the Opéra Bastille in 1999.
Participants: Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa (choreographer); Aurélie Dupont, Manuel Legris, Vincent Cordier, Natacha Quernet, Laurent Queral, Béatrice Martel, Nathalie Aubin, Laurent Novis, Muriel Hallé, Delphine Moussin, Benjamin Pech, Stéphane Elizabé, Laetitia Pujol, Corps de Ballet of the Opéra National de Paris (dancers); Orchestra of the Opéra National de Paris; David Coleman (conductor)
Swan LakeCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.S83 S925 2015Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is enraptured. But she is under a spell that holds her captive, allowing her to regain her human form only at night.
Participants: Frederick Ashton and David Bintley after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov (choreographers); Natalia Osipova, Matthew Golding, Elizabeth McGorian, Gary Avis, Alastair Marriott, Ryoichi Hirano (dancers); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Boris Gruzin (conductor)
Swan LakeCall Number: MEDIA GV1787 .S93 2011When it premiered at Sadler's Wells in 1995, Matthew Bourne's triumphant modern re-interpretation of Swan Lake turned tradition upside down, taking the dance world by storm. Now firmly crowned as a modern day classic, this iconic production is perhaps best-known for replacing the traditional female corps de ballet with a menacing male ensemble.
Participants: Matthew Bourne (choreographer); Richard Winsor, Dominic North, Nina Goldman (dancers); The New London Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)
Swan LakeCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .S93 2005Prince Siegfried sees a swan on the lake who turns into the enchanted princess Odette. She can only be saved by the true love of another. This the Prince promises her, but he is tricked by a wicked magician who disguises his daughter as the swan-maiden. Siegfried and his love leap to their deaths thus destroying the evil power of the magician.
Participants: Rudolf Nureyev (choreographer); Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, dancers of the Vienna State Opera Ballet (dancers); Vienna Philharmonic; John Lanchbery (conductor)- The Two PigeonsCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .A84 2016The Young Man, a painter, feels trapped by the Young Girl, his model and mistress. His eye is caught by a Gypsy Girl, and he takes up his sketch-pad to follow the gypsy troupe.
Participants: Frederick Ashton (choreographer); Lauren Cuthbertson, Vadim Muntagirov, dancers of the Royal Ballet (dancers); Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Barry Wordsworth (conductor) 
The Winter's TaleCall Number: MEDIA GV1786.O68 W56 2015A ballet based on Shakespeare's tragicomedy that focuses on King Leontes, who accuses his boyhood friend of betrayal, condemns his wife for adultery, and banishes his newborn daughter. The story is taken up fifteen years later when the wronged and innocent parties are re-united with the king who has since come to his senses and now lives in a state of perpetual grief and regret. Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, April 2014.
Participants: Christopher Wheeldon (choreographer); Edward Watson, Lauren Cuthbertson, Sarah Lamb, Joe Parker, Zenaida Yanowsky, Bennet Gartside, Federico Bonelli (dancers)
Short Performances
Alonzo King Lines BalletCall Number: streaming video (click title)Choreographer Alonzo King, acclaimed as "one of the few, true Ballet Masters of our times" by world-famous William Forsythe, works with his company The Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco. Contents include: "Scheherazade," "Dust and Light," and "Triangle of the Squinches."
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: A Tribute to Alvin AileyCall Number: MEDIA GV1786.A42 A482 1990In this two-part program, members of Ailey's dance company celebrate his memory by performing three works choreographed by Ailey himself, as well as a special ballet tribute choreographed by Ulysses Dove. Contents include: "For Bird With Love," "Witness," "Memoria," and "Shining Star."
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Chroma, Grace, Takademe, RevelationsCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .A485 2016Four short modern ballets performed by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Ashton Celebration: The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick AshtonCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.A1 A84 2013This special programme, performed at the Royal Opera House to mark the 25th anniversary of Ashton's death, presents five works that demonstrate his astonishing versatility. Contents include: "La Valse," "'Méditation' from Thaïs," "Voices of Spring," "Monotones I and II," and "Marguerite and Armand."
Dance Theatre of HarlemCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.A1 D36 2012Dance Theatre of Harlem presents a studio production of four of its most popular works:
"Fall River Legend," "Troy-Game," "The Beloved," and "John Henry."
An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance TheaterCall Number: MEDIA GV1790.A42 G75 2015Four short compositions performed by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, with an introduction by Alvin Ailey: "Divining," "Revelations," "The Stack-Up," and "Cry."
Legends of Ballet: Stars of American Ballet Theatre and New York City BalletCall Number: MEDIA GV1790 .L444 2015A collection of performances that includes: "Square Dance," "Concerto for Art Lovers," scenes from "Romeo & Juliet," and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Pas de Quatre," "The Sleeping Beauty:" Aurora's act I variation, 'jewels' variation, and Rose Adagio, "Giselle:" act II pas de deux & finale, and "Sylvia:" pas de deux.
Martha Graham: Dance on FilmCall Number: MEDIA GV1785.G7 M37 2007Features three dance performances including "A Dancer's World," where Martha Graham discusses the dancer as a creative artist, and members of her dance company illustrate her theories in a choreographed dance, "Appalachian Spring," a ballet depicting the wedding day of a pioneer couple, and "Night Journey," Martha Graham's interpretation of the Oedipus legend, depicting the moment of Jocasta's death.
Paul Taylor Dance Company in ParisCall Number: MEDIA GV1785 .T39 P38 2013Paul Taylor, among the last living members of the second generation of America's modern dance artists, is widely considered to be one of the foremost American choreographers of the 20th century. This program recorded in 2012 at the Theatre National de Chaillot in Paris is composed of two ballets - Brandenburgs- opus 88 (1988), set to Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, and Beloved Renegade- opus 129 (2008) set to Poulenc's Gloria and inspired by the life and work of Walt Whitman.
