Director and award-winning choreographer Ted Brandsen has drawn inspiration from the tumultuous life of Dutch dancer and spy Mata Hari for this opulent full-length ballet. Mata Hari retells the story of the legendary World War I spy and considers her complex life, blending themes of love, betraya...

Type: Ballet
Performers: Antonio Gades, Carlos Rodriguez
Choreography: Antonio Gades
Director: Ángel Luis Ramírez
Dance Company: The Antonio Gades Company
Venue: Teatro Real, Madrid
Year: 2011

Carmen by Antonio Gades is a dramatic ballet based on Bizet's opera. Gades' choreography brings the fie...

The Ballet of Madrid’s Coppelia is a witty, colorful take on the classic comic ballet. This innovative rendition, choreographed by Eduardo Lao, reimagines the classic ballet within a futuristic, cybernetic laboratory setting, where Dr. Coppelius endeavors to create a lifelike female android. Whil...

Type: Modern Ballet
Venue: Palais Garnier, Paris
Choreographer: Thierry Malandain
Music: Compositions by Debussy and von Weber
Principal Dancer: Yvette Chauvire
Year: 2012

Thierry Malandain describes this ballet as a light, joyful escape from life's struggles, offering a moment to forget worries...

Type: Ballet
Company: The National Ballet of Canada
Lead Dancers: Greta Hodgkinson, Aleksandar Antonijevic
Choreographer: James Kudelka
Location: The Four Seasons Centre, Toronto
Year: 2003

Designed specifically for the screen, this version of the famous ballet was choreographed by James Kudelka...

Suite Flamenca by the Antonio Gades Company is a vibrant and passionate ballet that showcases the heart and soul of Spanish flamenco. Through intricate footwork, expressive movement, and powerful music, the performance captures the intensity and emotion of flamenco dance. Blending traditional ele...

Type: Modern Ballet
Performers: The Tokyo Ballet & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Choreography: Maurice Béjart
Ballet: The Ninth Symphony
Location: Palace of Congress
Music: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Year: 2018

Maurice Bejart's The Ninth Symphony is a dynamic ballet that b...

Type: Modern Ballet
Lead Dancer: Zizi Jeanmaire
Director: Igor Markevitch
Venue: Teatro Regio di Parma, Italy
Year: 1960

Maurice Bejart’s 1960 choreography of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring is still a groundbreaking and electrifying performance. It adeptly captures the raw intensity and primal ener...

Type: Modern Ballet
Company: Paris Opera Ballet
Choreographer: Maurice Bejart
Location: Grand Palais Garnier, Paris
Year: 1962

Béjart's choreography transformed Ravel's hypnotic composition into a mesmerizing dance, emphasizing a build-up of intensity. The minimalist costumes, featuring form-fit...

Type: Modern Ballet
Choreographer: Maurice Bejart
Dancer: Jorge Donn
Conductor: Maya Plisetskaya
Location: Cirque Royal, Brussels
Year: 1977

The 1977 film Bolero, directed by Claude Lelouch, is considered superior to earlier versions due to its intricate storytelling, emotional depth, and seaml...

Type: Classical Ballet
Ballet Company: The Russian Ballet
Artistic Director: Thierry Malandain, Martin Harriague'
Director: Patrick Lauze
Venue: Chaillot - National Theater of Dance, Paris
Year: 2021

Thierry Malandain's The Firebird and Martin Harriague's The Rite of Spring are two ballets that ...

Type: Flamenco Ballet
Location: Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain
Performed by: Antonio Gades Company
Director and Choreographer: Antonio Gades
Soloists: Cristina Carnero, Angel Gil
Year: 2011

Blood Wedding is a searing flamenco ballet where love defies duty, and fate carves its path in silence. Throug...

Type: Contemporary Ballet
Location: Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
Performed by: Gauthier Dance
Directors: Hofesh Shechter, Cayetano Soto, Marco Goecke
Year: 2021

This reimagined version of the iconic ballet creates bold perspectives by three choreographers, each delivering a distinct surge of ...