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Birds of Paradise
Sarah Adina Smith · 2021
Two dancers at an elite ballet academy in Paris must compete for a contract to join the highly coveted Opéra National de Paris as they confront their competitive nature, sexual awakenings and how far they would go to win.
The Ballerina
Steve Pullen · 2017
A man and his 9-year-old daughter disappear into the swampy Virginia backwoods. Haunted by tragedy and destitution, they must both face the painful past if they are to ever have a future.
Etoile
Peter Del Monte · 1989
An American ballerina arrives in Hungary to enroll in a ballet school and it soon becomes apparent that things are not what they seem.
Shall We Dance
Mark Sandrich · 1937
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.
Ballet Shoes
Noel Streatfeild · 1975
Ballet Shoes is British television adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's novel Ballet Shoes first broadcast on BBC One in 1975. Adapted by John Wiles and directed by Timothy Combe, the series was aired in six parts on Sunday evenings. It was aired by PBS in the United States on 27 December 1976.
Dance, Girl, Dance
Dorothy Arzner · 1940
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
Waterloo Bridge
Mervyn LeRoy · 1940
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.
The Unfinished Dance
Henry Koster · 1947
A young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.
Mao’s Last Dancer
Bruce Beresford · 2009
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
The Turning Point
Herbert Ross · 1977
As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Lasse Hallström · 2018
Todo lo que Clara (Mackenzie Foy) quiere es una llave. Durante una fascinante fiesta de Navidad en la que todos reciben sus regalos, su padrino Drosselmeyer (Morgan Freeman) conducirá a la joven hacia esta llave única, que desaparece rápidamente en un extraño y misterioso mundo paralelo. Allí, Clara conocerá a un soldado llamado Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), una pandilla de ratones y a los gobernantes que presiden los tres Reinos: El Reino de las Nieves, el Reino de las Flores, y el Reino de los Dulces. Pero existe un cuarto Reino, el hogar de la tirana Mamá Jengibre (Helen Mirren). Allí comenzaron todos los problemas de estos Reinos de fantasía, cuando Mamá Jengibre inició la guerra reuniendo a sus tropas. En un lugar donde nada es lo que parece, Clara será la única que pueda detener los planes de esta tirana.
Barbie in the Pink Shoes
Owen Hurley · 2013
Dance your way to a magical adventure with Barbie as Kristyn, a ballerina with big dreams! When she tries on a pair of sparkling pink shoes, she and her best friend, Hailey, are whisked away to a fantastical ballet world. There, Kristyn discovers she must dance in her favorite ballets in order to defeat an evil Snow Queen. With performances to the legendary Giselle and Swan Lake ballets, it's a wonderful journey where if you dance with your heart, dreams come true!
Barbie in the Nutcracker
Owen Hurley · 2001
"Barbie" stars as Clara in this animated retelling of the classic Christmas ballet, complete with Tchaikovsky soundtrack and ballet choreography.
Barbie of Swan Lake
Owen Hurley · 2003
Barbie as Odette, the young daughter of a baker, follows a unicorn into the Enchanted Forest and is transformed into a swan by an evil wizard intent on defeating the Fairy Queen.
Princess Tutu
2002
Princess Tutu follows Duck, a duck who was transformed into a young girl and takes ballet at a private school. She becomes enamoured of her mysterious schoolmate Mytho, and transforms into Princess Tutu to restore his shattered heart. Mytho's girlfriend Rue transforms into Princess Kraehe to frustrate Tutu's efforts, and Mytho's protective friend Fakir discourages Mytho's burgeoning emotions. When it becomes apparent that Duck, Rue, Mytho, and Fakir are meant to play out the characters in a story by a long-dead writer named Drosselmeyer, they resist their assigned fates and fight to keep the story from becoming a tragedy.
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.
The Red Shoes
Michael Powell · 1948
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.
Step Up
2006
Rebelle dans l'âme, Tyler Gage a passé toute sa jeunesse dans les bas quartiers et les mean streets de Baltimore, et sait aujourd'hui qu'il ne se tirera d'affaire qu'en rompant avec son milieu. Son seul atout, bien mince : un don naturel pour le hip-hop, qu'il pratique d'instinct, pour son seul plaisir...Ambitieuse et douée, la belle Nora a grandi au sein d'une famille bourgeoise qui a encouragé très tôt sa vocation, et finance ses études de danse classique à la prestigieuse Performing Arts High School.Tyler et Nora : deux mondes diamétralement opposés, deux talents, deux passions dont la rencontre explosive sera à l'origine d'un étonnant conte de fée musical...
Save the Last Dance
2001
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.
Suspiria
Luca Guadagnino · 2018
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Center Stage
Nicholas Hytner · 2000
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky · 2010
Nina (Natalie Portman), una brillante bailarina que forma parte de una compañía de ballet de Nueva York, vive completamente absorbida por la danza. La presión de su controladora madre (Barbara Hershey), la rivalidad con su compañera Lily (Mila Kunis) y las exigencias del severo director (Vincent Cassel) se irán incrementando a medida que se acerca el día del estreno. Esta tensión provoca en Nina un agotamiento nervioso y una confusión mental que la incapacitan para distinguir entre realidad y ficción.
The Company
Robert Altman · 2003
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
Billy Elliot
Stephen Daldry · 2000
En 1984, durante una huelga de mineros en el condado de Durham, se suceden los enfrentamientos entre piquetes y policía. Entre los mineros más exaltados están Tony y su padre. Éste se ha empeñado en que Billy, su hijo pequeño, reciba clases de boxeo. Pero, aunque el chico tiene un buen juego de piernas, carece por completo de pegada. Un día, en el gimnasio, Billy observa la clase de ballet de la señora Wilkinson, una mujer de carácter severo que lo anima a participar. A partir de ese momento, Billy se dedicará apasionadamente a la danza.
