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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 imageThe Car Man. Choreography by Matthew Bourne. Adventures in Motion Pictures.

Published: 2001

The dreams and passions of a small community are shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger. Fuelled by heat and... [full description]

DVD [3824-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 imageChristopher Bruce's Triple Bill.

Published: 2006

Rooster, performed by the Geneva Ballet to some of the Rolling Stones' greatest hits is peppered with references... [full description]

DVD [4757-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageCinderella. Francoise Jouillie, Dominique Laine, Jayne Plaisted, Danielle Pater, Patrick Azzopardi, Lyon National Opera Ballet. Choreography by Maguy Marin.

Published: 2001

The characters in this beautifully child-like version of the ballet are live dolls, with real human feelings projected... [full description]

DVD [1023-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageDido and Aeneas. Sarah Connolly, Lucas Meachem, The Royal Ballet.

Published: 2009

The Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera join forces for Wayne McGregor's acclaimed fusion of music and movement, with... [full description]

DVD [5723-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageDido and Aeneas. Sarah Connolly, Lucas Meachem, The Royal Ballet.

Published: 2009

IMPORTANT - THIS IS A BLU-RAY DVD AND WILL NOT PLAY ON STANDARD DVD PLAYERS.

The Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera... [full description]

DVD [5728-DV] £ 29.99 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 imageThe Fiddle and the Drum. Joni Mitchell, the Alberta Ballet Company.

Published: 2008

An exploration of folk-rock singer Joni Mitchell's live-long concerns about environmental neglect and the warring... [full description]

DVD [5571-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageGiselle (Mats Ek). Ana Laguna, Luc Bouy, Cullberg Ballet.

Author: Ek, Mats

Published:

In Mats Ek's highly stylised version of the romantic ballet the traditional Rhineland village is replaced by a... [full description]

DVD [5725-DV] £ 24.99 Add to order


Cover imageThe Great Mass, a Ballet by Uwe Scholz. Leipzig Ballet.

Published: 2005

Uwe Scholz's 1998 abstract modern ballet to the music of Mozart (Mass in c minor K427, etc.) Hurtág, Jahn, and... [full description]

DVD [4587-DV] £ 24.99 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 Festival. Dutch National Ballet, etc.

Published: 2008

A gala programme staged by the Dutch National Ballet to celebrate Hans van Manen's 75th birthday, with guests from the... [full description]

DVD [5438-DV] £ 21.99 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 Nederlands Dans Theater: Svadebka (Les Noces); Symphony of Psalms, Torso.

Author: Kylian, Jiri

Published: 2009

Three of Kylian's most famous and successful ballets, at last available on DVD. Svadebka (Kylian's version of... [full description]

DVD [5609-DV] £ 24.99 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 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 imageOrpheus und Eurydike. Paris Opera Ballet.

Author: Bausch, Pina

Published: 2009

Pina Bausch's choreographic version of the Gluck opera, filmed at the Paris Opera Ballet in 2008. The cast includes... [full description]

DVD [5762-DV] £ 22.99 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 imagePurim; Carmen. Gyori Ballet of Hungary.

Published: 2008

Carmen is choreographed by to a new score by Christopher Benstead (who also makes a brief audio appearance as a... [full description]

DVD [5590-DV] £ 19.99 Add to order


Cover imageRomeo and Juliet. Compagnia Aterballetto.

Author: Bigonzetti, Mauro

Published: 2010

Filmed in 2006 with choreography by Mauro Bigonzetti and a musical montage based on the Prokofiev score.

Mobile... [full description]

DVD [5818-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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