Flight of the Swan

1992

English

6.8

♡ 1

Ngozi Onwurah Director

Wumni Olaiya as African Spirit

Rowena Meddeman as Bully

Charlotte Moore as Mrs. Mortimer

Hilja Lindsay Parkinson as Obe Kanayo

A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'.

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet

2019

English

7.5

♡ 3

ballet

filmed theater

Musical

Matthew Bourne Director

Cameron Flynn as The Company

Ashton Hall as The Company

Emily Galvin as The Company

Bryony Harrison as The Company

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet is a passionate and contemporary re-imagining of Shakespeare's classic love story. Bursting with youth, vitality and Matthew Bourne's trademark storytelling.

Matthew Bourne's the Red Shoes

2020

English

7.4

♡ 3

Matthew Bourne Director

Adam Cooper as Boris Lermontov

Michela Meazza as Irina Boronskaya

Liam Mower as Ivan Boleslawsky

Ashley Shaw as Victoria Page

The Red Shoes is a tale of obsession, possession and one girl's dream to be the greatest dancer in the world. Victoria Page lives to dance but her ambitions become a battleground between the two men who inspire her passion. Matthew Bourne’s magical adaptation of the classic Powell and Pressburger film is set to the achingly romantic music of golden-age Hollywood composer Bernard Herrmann, the production is orchestrated by Terry Davies, with stunning designs by Lez Brotherston, lighting by Paule Constable, sound by Paul Groothuis and projection design by Duncan McLean. Filmed live at Sadler’s Wells in London especially for cinemas.

Matthew Bourne's Cinderella

2018

English

6.8

♡ 1

Matthew Bourne Director

Ashley Shaw as Cinderella

Kate Lyons as Mabel

Andrew Monaghan as The Pilot

Michela Meazza as The Stepmother

Set in London during the Second World War, the drama features Cinderella and a dashing young RAF pilot. Together just long enough to fall in love, they are parted by the horrors of the Blitz. Among the obstacles to their reunion is Cinderella’s sinister step-mother, while the Angel weaves his magic to protect our heroine.

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake

2019

English

8.0

♡ 2

Matthew Bourne Director

Zanna Cornelis as Monaco Princess and ensemble

Liam Mower as The Prince

Nicola Kabera as The Queen

William Bozier as The Swan / The Stranger

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake comes to cinemas with a fresh look for the 21st century and is ‘as bold and beautiful as ever’ (★★★★★ Telegraph). This thrilling, audacious and witty production is perhaps still best known for replacing the female corps-de-ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered convention, turned tradition upside down and took the dance world by storm. Filmed Live at Sadler's Wells in January 2019.

White Nights

1985

English

6.7

♡ 17

46%

Taylor Hackford Director

William Hootkins as Chuck Malarek

Isabella Rossellini as Darya Greenwood

Helen Mirren as Galina Ivanova

John Glover as Wynn Scott

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.

Akram Khan's Giselle

2018

English

8.4

♡ 3

Ross MacGibbon Director

James Streeter as Albrecht

Tamara Rojo as Giselle

Jeffrey Cirio as Hilarion

Stina Quagebeur as Myrtha

Hailed as a masterpiece of 21st century dance, Akram Khan’s Giselle comes to cinemas for the first time with Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo, dancing the role of Giselle, one of a community of migrant workers cast out of their jobs in a condemned garment factory. The classic story of love, betrayal and redemption has been reimagined in this stunning new version, with sets and costumes by Academy-Award winning designer Tim Yip (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon), an ‘ominous, gothic’ (The Observer) adaptation of Adolphe Adam’s original score by composer Vincenzo Lamagna and performed by English National Ballet Philharmonic, dramaturgy from Ruth Little and lighting design from Tony Award-winner Mark Henderson. Filmed live at the Liverpool Empire in October 2017, Akram Khan’s Giselle is directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon.

BalletBoyz: Next Generation

Michael Nunn Director

Documentary capturing the rise of all-male dance company, BalletBoyz from first auditions to a performance in Addis Ababa City Hall, Ethiopia.

Dancer

2016

English

7.8

♡ 3

88%

Steven Cantor Director

David LaChapelle as Self

Valentino Zucchetti as Self

Salvatore Scalzo as Self

Tony Hall as Self - chief executive of the Royal Opera House

Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.

A Nutcracker Christmas

2016

English

6.5

♡ 3

48%

Adventure

aunt niece relationship

Michael Lembeck Director

Catherine Mary Stewart as Carol

Tina Jung as Coffee Shop Clerk

Kenneth Welsh as Dimitri

Amy Acker as Lily

When her niece is cast in The Philadelphia Ballet’s production of the Nutcracker, a jaded ex-ballerina is forced to come to terms with the life and love she left behind.

Jewels(Joyaux)

2005

English

7.3

♡ 1

Pierre Cavassilas Director

Marie-Agnès Gillot as Dancer

Agnès Letestu as Dancer

Clairemarie Osta as Dancer

Mathieu Ganio as Dancer

Jewels, ballet in three parts choreographed by George Balanchine for the New York City Ballet, recorded in October / November 2005 at the Opéra National de Paris.

Ballet Shoes

2007

English

6.6

♡ 23

100%

66%

Action

ballet

based on children's book

Sandra Goldbacher Director

Marc Warren as Mr. Simpson

Emma Watson as Pauline Fossil

Peter Bowles as Sir Donald Houghton

Lucy Cohu as Theo Dane

An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. Together, they nurture their passions for acting, aviation and ballet in this charming TV adaptation of Noel Streatfield's novel.

Darling

2017

English

6.1

♡ 5

husband wife relationship

rivalry

Birgitte Stærmose Director

Aviad Arik Herman as Dancer

Danica Curcic as Darling

Gustaf Skarsgård as Frans

Ulrich Thomsen as Kristian

The moving love story of a dancer on the rollercoaster ride of her life, a drama about the rise and fall of a modern woman as she summons the courage to face her greatest trial.

Bolshoi Babylon

2015

English

6.3

78%

Nick Read Director

Dmitry Medvedev as Self

Nikolay Tsiskaridze as Self

Aleksandr Budberg as Self - Chairman of Board of Trustees

Yury Zaretsky as Self - Pavel Dmitrichenko's accomplice

A behind-the-scenes look at Moscow's prestigious Bolshoi Theatre as it's rocked by an acid-attack scandal in 2013.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

1955

English

6.3

♡ 6

ballet

Michael Powell Director

Sonia Arova as Solo Dancer

Max Aust as The Sorceror

Ballet performed to Dukas' "The Sorceror's Apprentice".

Life

♡ 4

Michael Nunn Director

Simone Donati as

Flavien Esmieu as

Marc Galvez as

An elegant, powerful and sometimes provocative look at life and death presented in BalletBoyz’s inimitable style.

Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2019/20: The Sleeping Beauty

2020

English

6.6

♡ 9

Kevin O'Hare Director

Federico Bonelli as Prince Florimund

Lauren Cuthbertson as Princess Aurora

The wicked fairy Carabosse is furious she wasn’t invited to Princess Aurora’s christening. She gives the baby a spindle, saying that one day the Princess will prick her finger on it and die. The Lilac Fairy makes her own christening gift a softening of Carabosse’s curse: Aurora will not die, but will fall into a deep sleep, which only a prince’s kiss will break. The masterful 19th-century choreography of Marius Petipa is combined with sections created for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon. Recorded live as part of the Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2019/20 with encore screenings broadcast online during the #OurHousetoYourHouse programme.

Mathilde

2017

Russian

5.3

♡ 1

Aleksey Uchitel Director

Sergey Garmash as Aleksandr III

Grigoriy Dobrygin as Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia

Michalina Olszanska as Matilda

Lars Eidinger as Nicholas II of Russia

It portrays the memories of Matilda Kshesinskaya and her love affair with the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. Matilda, a Polish-born ballerina from the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, had a brief and intense romance with Nicholas between 1892 and 1894, before Nicholas married Alexandra Feodorovna and was crowned Tsar after his father's death. It also explores their relationship, facing societal pressures and interference from Nicholas's mother, Empress Maria Feodorovna, as well as Matilda's involvement with other members of the imperial family, the Romanovs, such as Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich.

Assassins Run

2013

English

4.2

♡ 14

bratva (russian mafia)

Crime

murder

st. petersburg, russia

Thriller

Robert Crombie Director

Christian Slater as Michael Mason

Milana Vayntrub as Nanny

Cole Hauser as Roman

Joe Basile as Sheriff Jim Nash

Maya becomes the target of the Russian mafia after her husband, a successful American businessman, is killed.

Lift

2022

English

7.7

♡ 1

100%

David Petersen Director

Keliel Sierra as

Izzy Hanson-Johnston as

Keilany Rivera as

Tiffany Cordero as

Lift shines a spotlight on the invisible story of homelessness in America through the eyes of a group of young homeless and home-insecure ballet dancers in New York City and the mentor that inspires them.

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BalletBoyz: Next Generation

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A Nutcracker Christmas

Jewels(Joyaux)

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Darling

Bolshoi Babylon

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Life

Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2019/20: The Sleeping Beauty

Mathilde

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