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DVDs and Videos: DVDs - Modern ballet



Cover image7th Symphony (Toer van Schayk), Grosse Fuge (Hans van Manen), Piano Variations (Hans van Manen). The Dutch National Ballet.

Published: 2003

Three modern ballets from the repertory of the Dutch National Ballet. 7th Symphony (recorded in 1989) and... [full description]

DVD [1822-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageAppartement. Paris Opera Ballet.

Author: Ek, Mats

Published: 2006

Apartment: the place where we spend our lives, in close proximity to ourselves and others, the place where... [full description]

DVD [4671-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageBallet Boyz Encore. George Piper Dances.

Published: 2006

Michael Nunn and William Trevitt asked four choreographers at the vanguard of British dance to each create a new work... [full description]

DVD [4908-DV] £ 14.99 Add to order


Cover imageBlack and White, choreography by Jiri Kylian. Nederlands Dans Theatre.

Published: 2000

Includes Falling Angels, Six Dances, No More Play, Sweet Dreams, Sarabande, Petite Mort. Coded for regions 2 and... [full description]

DVD [2422-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageBlack Cake and Concertante. Bavarian State Ballet.

Author: van Manen, Hans

Published: 2006

Black Cake takes place at a society party, where elegantly-dressed couples dance with each other and reveal... [full description]

DVD [4682-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageCarmen. Benazir Hussain, Daryl Brandwood, Melissa Aurisch, Errol Pickford, West Australian Ballet.

Published: 2003

Obsession, jealousy, love, and betrayal intertwine in this blood red and potent tale of survival, choreographed by Ted... [full description]

DVD [2266-DV] £ 14.99 Add to order


Carmen. Mats Ek, Ana Laguna, The Cullberg Ballet.

Author: Ek, Mats

Published: 2001

With the hot glow of her cigar, the piercing intensity of her gaze, and her unabashed sexuality, Carmen radiates... [full description]

DVD [3786-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageCello Suites - In den Winden im Nichts (Winds in the Void). Zurich Ballet.

Published: 2006

Three abstract ballets by the Swiss choreographer Heinz Spoerli, using Bach's suites for solo 'cello numbers 2, 3, and... [full description]

DVD [4751-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imageCoppelia. Nerses Boyadjian, Francoise Joullie, Josu Zabala, Maria Brown, Lyon National Opera Ballet. Choreography by Maguy Marin.

Published: 2001

A modern day version of the old ballet, set in a run-down urban environment. [Coded for regions 2 and 5 only, the UK,... [full description]

DVD [1724-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageEvidentia. Five Modern Ballets. Sylvie Guillem, etc.

Published: 1995, 2002

Sylvie Guillem was given carte blanche to put her ideas about dance and movement on firm. The result is this... [full description]

DVD [3873-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order


The Fairy Queen. Yvonne Kenny, Thomas Randle, Simon Rice, English National Opera.

Published: 2001

Purcell's semi-opera, in this staging for English National Ballet, has a strong dance content. Choreography is by... [full description]

DVD [0752-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe Fall of the House of Usher. Dancers from the Royal Ballet, Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Lawrence Foster, etc.

Author: Debussy, Claude

Published: 2007

Robert Orledge's reconstruction of Debussy's unfinished opera falls into two parts, with the opera proper preceded by a... [full description]

DVD [5084-DV] £ 17.99 Add to order


Cover imageGrupo Corpo, Brazilian Dance Theater.

Published: 2003

The innovative Brazilian dance company, combining the sensuality of Afro-Brazilian dance forms and the technical... [full description]

DVD [0459-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageHans van Manen: Het Nationale Ballet & Nederlands Dans Theater. [2 DVD set.]

Author: van Manen, Hans

Published: 2007

Het Nationale Ballet (the Dutch National Ballet) perform van Manen's Frank Bridge Variations (music by Benjamin... [full description]

DVD [5215-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale). Nederlands Dans Theatre.

Published: 2000

Choreography by Jiri Kylian, cast includes Nacho Duato, Aryeh Weiner, and Karin Heynick. The text is spoken in French,... [full description]

DVD [2588-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageJiri Kylian & Nederlands Dans Theater.

Published: 2006

Three of Kylián's most popular ballets. Sinfonietta is a striking dramatic piece danced to the music of... [full description]

DVD [4758-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imageJiri Kylian's Car Men. Nederlands Dans Theater.

Author: Kylian, Jiri

Published: 2008

A collaboration between Dutch film-maker Boris Paval Conen and Czech dance choreographer Jiri Kylián. Car... [full description]

DVD [5355-DV] £ 22.99 Add to order


Cover imageKaguyahime (The Moon Princess). (Jiri Kylian). Nederlands Dans Theater.

Published: 2001

Kaguyahime is one of Japan's oldest fairy tales - the story of a moon princess who descends to earth and is cared for... [full description]

DVD [1976-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Mats Ek's Sleeping Beauty. Vanessa de Ligniere, Gamal Gouda, Eytan Sivak, The Cullberg Ballet.

Author: Ek, Mats

Published: 2000

Princess Aurora is a headstrong teenager who is dissatisfied with her life in her parents' home and flees into a world... [full description]

DVD [2126-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageMatthew Bourne's Nutcracker! New Adventures Dance Company.

Published: 2003

Matthew Bourne's clever, funny, and touching modern take on The Nutcracker begins in the bleak setting of Dr.... [full description]

DVD [2221-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageNederlands Dans Theater Celebrates Jiri Kylian.

Author: Kylian, Jiri

Published: 2007

A triple bill of Kyliàn ballets, one from each of the thee Nederlands Dans Theater Companies.

Nederlands Dans... [full description]

DVD [5220-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageLe Parc. Isabelle Guerin, Laurent Hilaire, the Paris Opera Ballet.

Published: 2005

Angelin Preljocaj's 1994 creation for the Paris Opera Ballet is a grand scale exploration of sensuality in the 17th... [full description]

DVD [4442-DV] £ 27.99 Add to order


Cover imagePulcinella (Richard Alston); Soldat (Ashley Page). Rambert Dance Company.

Published:

The original version of Pulcinella was choreographed by Massine with designs by Picasso. Like the original,... [full description]

DVD [4667-DV] £ 15.99 Add to order


Cover imageSwan Lake. Adventures in Motion Pictures.

Published: 1999

The famous 'all male' version, with choreography by Matthew Bourne. [Coded for PAL, all regions except Canada and USA.]

DVD [2725-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageSylvia [John Neumeier]. Aurelie Dupont, Marie-Agnes Gillot, Manual Legris, Nicolas Le Riche, Jose Martinez, Paris Opera Ballet.

Published: 2006

John Neumeier's version of the famous nineteenth-century ballet retains Delibes' lovely score, but updates plot,... [full description]

DVD [4634-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageThree by Rambert. Rambert Dance Company. Lonely Town Lonely Street (North), Intimate Pages (Bruce), Sergeant Early's Dream (Bruce).

Published: 2002

Filmed in the mid-1980s, with cast members including Lucy Bethune, Frances Carty, Mary Evelyn, Mark Baldwin, Robert... [full description]

DVD [3854-DV] £ 21.99 Add to order


Cover imageWilliam Forsythe: From a Classical Position; Just Dancing Around.

Published:

William Forsythe is acknowledged as one of the great choreographic talents of our time. In the first of these two films... [full description]

DVD [5149-DV] £ 17.99 Add to order



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