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Ballet For All

Date released

1968

Series name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue no

27

NoS ID

350202

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: The Royal Ballet Company of Covent Garden London has set up a touring group of young dancers who carry the magical world of ballet to the general public all over Britain - Ian Morrison reports...

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Dancer (2017)

Director

Steven Cantor

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £9.99

Documentary about Sergei Polunin who, at the age of 19, became the Royal ballet’s youngest ever principal. At the peak of his success, aged 25, he walked away, driven to the brink of self-destruction by...

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Magic of Romeo and Juliet, The (2007 Television)

Television documentary. Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan created Romeo and Juliet for The Royal Ballet in 1965. The ballet was conceived for Christopher Gable and Lynn Seymour but Nureyev and Fonteyn took the...

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Firebird, The and les Noces (2002)

aka: Stravinsky Staged

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 145 min), £24.99

A performance by the Royal Ballet filmed live at the Royal Opera House in 2001 and broadcast on BBC2 on 26/1/02 under the title STRAVINSKY STAGED. The principals in The Firebird are Leanne Benjamin and...

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Foxtrot from ‘FaÇade’ (1997 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1997 sale: £12.55 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A fully costumed performance of ‘Foxtrot’ from ‘Façade’, choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music by William Walton, danced by four students from the Royal Ballet School and recorded at the Margot...

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Darcey Bussell (1999 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Looks at the backstage preparation and rehearsal of many of ballerina Darcey Bussell’s classical roles as principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. Also includes ‘Herman Schmerman’, which she dances with...

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Royal Ballet, The (2007)

aka: Evening with the Royal Ballet, An

Director

Paul Czinner

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £6.00

Filmed on the stage of The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in 1960, director Paul Czinner’s film showcases prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn in what was her first feature film. Partnered by Michael Somes,...

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The Royal Ballet

Date released

1974

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

794

NoS ID

329035

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Kenneth MacMillan, director of the world famous Royal Ballet Company is one of Britain’s leading choreographers. This year he has created a new full-length ballet, "Manon", especially for the...

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Steps to the Ballet

Date released

Nov 1963

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

3

NoS ID

324596

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: ‘Carrousel Britanico’ goes to the Royal Ballet School in London to watch the training of future ballerinas. Getting young limbs supple, constantly practising to achieve natural grace,...

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Romeo and Juliet with the Royal Ballet (2009 Television)

Director

Ross MacGibbon

The Royal Ballet in Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet presented from Covent Garden with Carlos Acosta and Tamara Rojo dancing the title roles. Mikhail Agrest conducts the Royal Opera House orchestra.

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