Footnotes: Gala Excerpts
About the title: Gala Excerpts looks at many famous short ballets which have become standards, especially at gala events, including The Dying Swan, Les Sylphides, Bluebird, Le Corsaire, Raymonda and others.
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Footnotes: La Bayadere
About the title: This episode of Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet is about La Bayadere. La Bayadère is based on an ancient Indian poem, Sakuntala, the story concerns Nikia's love for Solor, who loves her in return, and Solor's obligation to wed G...
Footnotes: Coppélia
About the title: This episode of Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet is about Coppelia. Coppelia was one of the first ballets to have a doll come to life. Performance footage by Ballet de San Juan are shown.
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Footnotes: Don Quixote
About the title: Artist Frank Augustyn sheds new light on some classic ballets by discussing them with some great ballet stars. Don Quixote, based on Cervantes's novel about an old knight who dreams of chivalry and tilts at windmills, was produced c...
Footnotes: Cinderella
About the title: This episode of Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet is about Cinderella. Cinderella is based on Perrault's classic fairy tale and became the cornerstone of the growth and development of the Royal Ballet of London. Performance footage ...
Footnotes: Romeo and Juliet
About the title: This episode of Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet is about Romeo and Juliet. Using as an example Kenneth MacMillan's ballet adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, dancer Frank Augustyn and others discuss the stor...
Footnotes: The Ballerina
About the title: The ballerina examines the development and importance of the ballerina from the ground-breaking pioneers, to today's prima ballerinas.
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Footnotes: The Male Dancer
About the title: The Male Dancer examines the development, importance and changes in the role of the male dancer through the history of ballet with a special focus on Nijinsky and Nureyev.
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Footnotes: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
About the title: This episode of Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet is about Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Performance footage by Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo are shown.
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Footnotes: Giselle
About the title: This episode of Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet is about Giselle. Dancer Frank Augustyn and others discuss the 19th-century Romantic ballet Giselle as an example of the importance of dramatic characterization in ballet. Drawing up...