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Danse, La - The Paris Opera Ballet (2010)

Director

Frederick Wiseman

Subject

Dance; Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 152 minutes), £19.99

One of America’s most respected documentary filmmakers, Frederick Wiseman, presents a glimpse into the inner workings of the respected ballet company, The Paris Opera Ballet. Wiseman and his camera crew...

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Paris Opera Ballet, The: Seven Ballets (2008)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), £17.99

A compilation of seven original dances set to music from composers such as Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Grieg, choreographed by Norbert Schmucki and Marius Petipa and featuring the stars of The Paris Opera...

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Cosi Fan Tutte (2017)

aka: Così Fan Tutte: W.A. Mozart

Director

Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker

Subject

Dance; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 188 minutes), £21.58

An unconventional ballet production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte for the Opéra National de Paris. Così is an opera of double meanings, plot twists and partner-swapping. Choreographer Anne Teresa De...

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Tchaikovsky Complete Symphonies

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 340 minutes), £60.23

Philippe Jordan ranks among the most established and moust sought-after conductors of his generation. As Music Director of the Paris Opera he performed the complete symphonies of Tchaikovsky in total three...

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Markova la Legende and Serge Peretti, Le Dernier Italien (2005)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 175 minutes), £17.99

Two French documentaries by Dominique Delouche, with English sub-titles, the first on our Dame Alicia Markova, the second on the Franco-Italian dancer and teacher Serge Peretti.

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Cathedrals of Culture (2014)

Director

Wim Wenders; Michael Glawogger; Karim Ainouz; Michael Madsen; Robert Redford

Subject

Architecture; Arts and Humanities

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 165 minutes), £11.34

Six acclaimed filmmakers, including Robert Redford, Michael Glawogger and Michael Madsen, each explore the architecture and history of six iconic buildings; the Berlin Philharmonic, the National Library of...

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Use of Sticks in Performance Training, The (1998 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 100 min., 1999 sale: £15.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Videotaped source material for research purposes: this video is a record of varieties of stick work proposed by Andrei Serban to a group of performers during a week-long training session in Leeds. Sticks...

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Don Giovanni (1979) (1979)

Director

Joseph Losey

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 162 minutes), £24.99

Infamous womanizer Don Giovanni makes conquest after conquest, leaving seduced and abandoned women in his wake. When the ghost of the Commendatore he has killed appears, he is given a final chance to change...

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Rameau: Operas (11-Disc Box) (2011)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 1140 minutes), £49.99

This collection of five operas, and a rarely performed grand motet, offers a glimpse into the magnificent output of one of the leading French composers of the Baroque era. Jean-Philippe Rameau is renowned...

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Jeune Homme et la Mort, Le & Carmen (2006 Film)

Subject

Dance; Drama; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 67 minutes), £24.99

Filmed at the Palais Garnier in 2005, this features two ballets choreographed by Roland Petit as performed by the Ballet de l’Opera national de Paris: Le jeune homme et la mort and Carmen. Premiered in...

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