Ballet fan Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I thought I'd start a thread just for fun and for helping purposes about ballet videos. Just post which ballet DVD's you have and if possible where you got them. This can also help other members find a DVD they've been trying to find (obeying of course the rule of no trading in here). You can also post if you have any homemade videos or recordings of performances broadcast on TV, etc. Here's mine: La Bayadére, Royal Ballet, Mukhamedov Asylmuratova and Bussell TDK (Amazon) The Sleeping Beauty, Royal Ballet, Cojocaru Bonelli Nuñez Opus Arte (Amazon) Cinderella, Royal Ballet, Fonteyn Somes (Producer's Showcase) VAI (Amazon) Romeo and Juliet, Bolshoi Ballet, Ulanova Zhidanov Kultur (Amazon) Raymonda, Kirov Ballet, Kolpakova Berezhnoi VAI (Amazon) Paul Czinner's The Bolshoi Ballet, Ulanova Struchkova Fadeyechev VAI (Amazon) Swan Lake, The Bolshoi Ballet, Plisetskaya Fadeyechev VAI (!957) (Amazon) The Sleeping Beauty, The Royal Ballet, Fonteyn Somes (Producer's Showcase) VAI (Amazon) The Little Humpbacked Horse, The Bolshoi Ballet, Plisetskaya Vasiliev Kultur (Amazon) Giselle, The Royal Ballet, Cojocaru Kobborg Opus Arte (Amazon) Stars of the Russian Ballet, Ulanova Plisetskaya Kultur (Amazon) Romeo and Juliet, La Scala Ballet, Ferri Corella Euro Arts (Amazon) Swan Lake, The Royal Ballet, Makarova Dowell Kultur (Amazon) Romeo and Juliet, The Royal Ballet, Fonteyn Nureyev Kultur (Amazon) An Evening with the Royal Ballet, Fonteyn Nureyev Kultur (Amazon) Don Quixote, The Bolshoi Ballet, Pavlova Gordeev VAI (Local store) Sylvia, The Royal Ballet, Busell Bolle Opus Arte (Local Store) Giselle, ABT, Fracci Bruhn Deutsche Grammophon (Amazon) The Sleeping Beauty, Kirov Ballet, Kolpakova Berezhnoi Kultur (Amazon) Giselle, La Scala Ballet, Ferri Murru Image Entertainment (Amazon) La Fille Mal Gardée, The Royal Ballet, Collier Coleman Kultur (Local Store) The Stone Flower, Bolshoi Ballet, Semenyaka Semizorova (Got this as a gift from the Met Opera Shop) Return of the Firebird, Liepa Ananiashvili Decca (Local Store) Giselle, Bolshoi Ballet, Bessmertnova Lavrovsky Kultur (Amazon) Cinderella, Bolshoi Ballet, Komleva (Amazon) Swan Lake, Bolshoi Ballet, Bessmertnova Bogatyrev Kultur (Amazon) (EDIT) I have now finally been able to acquire an NTSC version of Bessmertnova's Giselle. Link to comment
Barbara Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 This is fabulous Ballet Fan, thanks! My tiny collection are videos taped from tv showings. I've been thinking of investing in a nice dvd collection; little by little over time. Your list will be a wonderful reference. Link to comment
Jack Reed Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) Too bad about that Bolshoi Giselle at the end of the list, Ballet fan! But I have sometimes over the years put down a recording of something I couldn't play right away, for later consumption, like good wine. Have you tried your computer? Mine surprised me when my DVD player spit out a disc someone sent me: My computer played it fine, and in answer to my querying fingers, it told me that was a PAL recording, too. I noticed Amazon is your most common source. Did you use the banner ad at the top of these pages? I hope so, because I think BT derives a third of its operating funds from clicking that ad. Edited January 8, 2010 by Jack Reed Link to comment
Ballet fan Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 I did use the banner a few times, Jack. And thank you both for your replies. Also, I'm going to try playing that DVD on my computer. Thank you so much for the tip! Link to comment
toeprints Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Great topic. I use the library for the newer dvd's, or borrow from friends. I own all of Rudolf Nureyev's (I think); plus, I have tapes that I made from PBS. I purchased them from Amazon, Kulture, and the old Ballet Shop, in New York. Other than Nureyev's, I have: La Bayadere - Hilaire and Guerin Firestone Theater compilation Der Fledermaus - with Cragun and Panov - my tape from PBS in 1989 Baryshnikov Dances Balachine, with the ABT - my tape from PBS What a pity PBS rarely airs ballet - well, in Boston anyway. Link to comment
bookishmaud Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 My collection has more than 200 ballet DVDs. I have an index in word format with the DVD title, dance company, dancers/list of programs for galas and cover image but I don't know how I can post it here. Here are the titles of the commercially available ones from my collection below (a bit hard to read but hope it's a useful reference). The Australian Ballet Favourites Australian Ballet Le Corsaire American Ballet Theater Don Quixote American Ballet Theatre Giselle American Ballet Theatre Ballet American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre at the Met - Mixed Bill American Ballet Theatre Baryshnikov - Live at Wolf Trap American Ballet Theatre Nutcracker, The American Ballet Theatre Dream, The American Ballet Theatre Baryshnikov Dances Sinatra American Ballet Theatre ABT in Class American Ballet Theatre One Moment in My Life Nina Ananiashvili Nina Ananiashvili and the International All-Stars of Dance, Vol. 1 Nina Ananiashvili and others Nina Ananiashvili and the International All-Stars of Dance, Vol. 2 Nina Ananiashvili and others Don Quixote Tchaikovsky Perm Ballet Carmen Ballet National de Marseille Romeo and Juliet Bolshoi Ballet Anna Karenina Bolshoi Ballet Carmen Suite Bolshoi Ballet Don Quixote Bolshoi Ballet Glory Of The Bolshoi: Bolshoi, The Bolshoi Ballet Little Humpbacked Horse, The Bolshoi Ballet Pharaoh’s Daughter, The Bolshoi Ballet Romeo & Juliet Bolshoi Ballet Swan Lake Bolshoi Ballet Swan Lake (1976) Bolshoi Ballet The Nutcracker Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi – Ballet Between Fame and Drill (Documentary) Bolshoi Ballet School Swan Lake Bolshoi Ballet Pique Dame Bolshoi Ballet Anyuta Bolshoi Ballet Stars Of The Russian Ballet Bolshoi Ballet/Kirov Ballet Grand Gala Bolshoi Ballet/Mariinsky Ballet Prima Ballerina/Zakharova and Lopatkina Bolshoi Ballet/Mariinsky Ballet Raise the Red Lantern Central Ballet of China Beijing International Ballet Invitational Tournament 2006 World's Young Ballet Moscow International Competition Collection “Etoiles pour l’exemple” no.1 – Maïa - Katia et Volodia (Documentary) Collection “Etoiles pour l’exemple” no.2 – Yvette Chauviré pour l'exemple (Documentary) Collection “Etoiles pour l’exemple” no.3 – Markova, la légende (Documentary) Collection “Etoiles pour l’exemple” no.4 – Violette et Mr.B / Comme les oiseaux (Documentary) Dancer, The (Documentary) Ballets Russes (Documentary) Ballets Russes Dancing for Mr B: Six Balanchine Ballerinas Margot (Documentary) Ma Soeur L’Etoile Paris Opera Ballet Backstage at the Kirov Kirov Ballet Three By Duato Compania Nacional De Danza Take Ballet Class in Russia The Video Dictionary of Classical Ballet Evidentia Sylvie Guillem Sylvie Guillem (Documentary 1) Sylvie Guillem Sylvie Guillem (Documentary 2) Sylvie Guillem Sylvie Guillem au travail Sylvie Guillem Marguerite et Armand Sylvie Guillem, Nicolas Le Riche Sacred Monsters Sylvie Guillem, Akram Khan On the Edge Sylvie Guillem Sleeping Beauty, The Het Nationale Ballet Hans Van Manen Festival Het Nationale Ballet and guests Great Mass, The Leipzig Ballet Opera Galatea Leningrad Conservatory of Music Ballet and Theatre Ballerina Mariinsky Ballet Ulyana Lopatkina Mariinsky Ballet Diana Vishneva Mariinsky Ballet Svetlana Zakharova Mariinsky Ballet Yulia Makhalina Mariinsky Ballet Variation lesson with Diana Vishneva Mariinsky Ballet Variation lesson with Ulyana Lopatkina Mariinsky Ballet Variation lesson with Somova & Tereshkina Mariinsky Ballet Variation lesson with Obraztsova & Novikova Mariinsky Ballet Don Quixote Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet Swan Lake Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet Grand Pas in the White Night Kirov Ballet, Ballet of the XXth Century Giselle Kirov Ballet Kirov Classics Kirov Ballet Sleeping Beauty, The Kirov Ballet Cinderella Kirov Ballet Egyptian Nights Kirov Ballet Esmeralda Kirov Ballet Firebird Kirov Ballet Konek-Gogbounok Kirov Ballet La Sylphide Kirov Ballet Mad Day, The Kirov Ballet Old Tango, The Kirov Ballet Petrushka Kirov Ballet Tales by Hoffman Kirov Ballet Sleeping Beauty, The Kirov Ballet and Vaganova Ballet Academy Kirov Ballet – Classic Ballet Night Mariinsky Ballet The Kirov Celebrates Nijinsky Mariinsky Ballet Don Quixote Mariinsky Ballet Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird/Le Sacre du Printemps Mariinsky Ballet A Crazy Day & Pages of the Russian Ballet Mariinsky Ballet Magic Fairy Tales Mariinsky Ballet Essential Ballet Mariinsky Ballet New Year’s Eve in Saint Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Nutcracker, The Mariinsky Ballet Black And White Nederlands Dans Theater Jiri Kylian's - Sinfonietta / Symphony In D / Stamping Ground Nederlands Dans Theater Kaguyahime – The Moon Princess Nederlands Dans Theater L’Histoire du Soldat Nederlands Dans Theater Nederlands Dans Theater Celebrates Jiri Kylian Nederlands Dans Theater Bringing Balanchine Back New York City Ballet New York City Ballet Workout 1 & 2 New York City Ballet Maya Plisetskaya (Documentary) Maya Plisetskaya Plisetskaya Dances (Documentary) Maya Plisetskaya – Diva of Dance (Documentary) Maya Plisetskaya Gala in celebration of Maya Plisetskaya’s 60th birthday Masterclass Maya Plisetskaya Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Pacific Northwest Ballet Agnes Letestu – Regards sur une etoile Paris Opera Ballet Comme un reve (Documetary on Mathieu Ganio etc) Etoiles: Dancers Of The Paris Opera Ballet (Documentary) Paris Opera Ballet Les Enfants de la Danse (Part 1) (Documentary) Paris Opera Ballet Les Enfants de la Danse (Part 2) (Documentary) Paris Opera Ballet Les tout petits rats de l’opera Paris Opera Ballet School Appartment Paris Opera Ballet Cinderella Paris Opera Ballet Clavigo Paris Opera Ballet Coppelia Paris Opera Ballet School Don Quichotte Paris Opera Ballet Giselle Paris Opera Ballet Ivan the Terrible Paris Opera Ballet Jewels Paris Opera Ballet La Bayadère Paris Opera Ballet La Sylphide Paris Opera Ballet Le Jeune Homme et la Mort & Carmen Paris Opera Ballet Notre-Dame de Paris Paris Opera Ballet Paquita Paris Opera Ballet Picasso and Dance Paris Opera Ballet Preljocaj – Le Songe de Médée & MC 14/22 'Ceci est mon corps' Paris Opera Ballet Raymonda Paris Opera Ballet Romeo and Juliet Paris Opera Ballet Seven Ballets Paris Opera Ballet Signes Paris Opera Ballet Sleeping Beauty, The Paris Opera Ballet Soloist Ballets of the Opera de Paris Paris Opera Ballet Sylvia Paris Opera Ballet Cinderella Paris Opera Ballet Giselle Paris Opera Ballet La Dame aux camelias Paris Opera Ballet Orpheus und Eurydike Paris Opera Ballet Le Parc Paris Opera Ballet Coppélia Royal Ballet Firebird and Les Noces Royal Ballet Giselle Royal Ballet La Bayadère Royal Ballet Manon Royal Ballet Mayerling Royal Ballet Nutcracker Royal Ballet Peter and the Wolf Still Life at the Penguin Cafe Royal Ballet School Royal Ballet Sleeping Beauty Royal Ballet Sylvia Royal Ballet Tales of Beatrix Potter Royal Ballet Tales of Beatrix Potter Royal Ballet Two Ballerinas at the Royal Ballet Royal Ballet Swan Lake Royal Ballet Snow White Royal Ballet Romeo and Juliet Royal Ballet Swan Lake Royal Swedish Ballet Giselle La Scala Ballet Swan Lake La Scala Ballet Romeo and Juliet Teatro Alla Scala Tchaikovsky Gala Teatro Alla Scala Giselle Teatro Alla Scala A Midsummer Night's Dream Teatro Alla Scala Giselle Tokyo Ballet (with Vishneva and Malakhov as guest stars) Les Ballets Trockadero Vol. 1 Les Ballets Trockadero Les Ballets Trockadero Vol. 2 Les Ballets Trockadero Go Go Trocks Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Children of Theatre Street, The (Documentary) Kirov Ballet School (Vaganova Ballet Academy) Vaganova Ballet Classes – Classical Dance Method Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Ballet Classes – Character Dance Class Vagnova Ballet Academy Vaganova Ballet Classes – Pas de Deux Class Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Ballet Academy – Vishneva (Documentary) Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Ballet Academy – Angel Concert (Part 1) Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Ballet Academy – Angel Concert (Part 2) Vaganova Ballet Academy Beginners Class (Age 10-12) Vagnova Ballet Academy Class (Age 12-14) (Part 2-II) Vagnova Ballet Academy Class (Age 12-14) (Part 2-III) Vagnova Ballet Academy Year One Class Vagnova Ballet Academy Enchainements Vagnova Ballet Academy Master Class 3 – Pas de Deux Vagnova Ballet Academy Vaganova Ballet Academy – Elementary classes Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Ballet Academy – Intermediate classes Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Ballet Academy – Advanced classes Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Ballet Academy – Boys classes Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Junior Variations Series 1 Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Junior Variations Series 2 Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Variations Series 1 Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Variations Series 2 Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Variations Series 3 Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Variations Series 4 Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Variations Series 5 Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Variations Series 6 Vaganova Ballet Academy Vaganova Variations Series 7 Vaganova Ballet Academy Fairy of Dolls, The Vaganova Ballet Academy Pointe lessons Vaganova Ballet Academy Nutcracker, The Vaganova Ballet Academy Pas de deux lesson 1 Vaganova Ballet Academy Angels from Petersburg Vaganova Ballet Academy Swan Lake Vienna State Opera Ballet Cinderella Zurich Ballet Cello Suites Zurich Ballet Link to comment
Joseph Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Hi Bookishmaud, Where did you obtain copies of all the Mariinsky contructions? Sleeping Beauty, etc? Would love to get them somehow! Link to comment
Helene Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 [ADMIN BEANIE ON] We have a strict "no trading" policy on Ballet Talk, and that includes references that might encourage requests, solicited or otherwise. Please do not list any videos that were not at least commercially available at one time and might be available on eBay. [/ADMIN BEANIE OFF] Link to comment
bookishmaud Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Sorry I didn't know that only commercially available ones are allowed to be listed, I've edited my post. Sorry again. And just to clarify, I never intended to encourage requests and have actually never traded any of my videos, I'm just an avid ballet video collector and am rather proud of my collection Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 only commercially available ones are allowed to be listed Hence I'm sure many of the lists here-(mine included)-would be incomplete. Link to comment
Marga Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Oh dear, I'm not as ambitious as bookishmaud. I, too, own several hundred videos and DVD's, mostly VHS purchased via ebay over the years. I began by perusing the shelves at Towers. They had a pretty good sampling, but I could allow myself, at most, 3 videos a visit. I bought manyl Balanchine videos from Capezio's. Once I started bidding for them on ebay there was no stopping me. I used to catalog them, but didn't keep it up. It's interesting to have several versions of the same ballet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Giselle, La Bayadère, Don Q, for example. One problem watching the same tape over and over is it makes me want to see the dancers in person! Link to comment
Tom Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Thank you, Ballet Fan... I'm a composr and had posted this ballet-oriented video on You Tube back in March, 2011. It features one of my compositions, "The Music Box", and to my great pleasure, I've learned that quite a few dancers are using it for various ballet purposes, even requesting the sheet music. I appreciate your time and I sincerely hope you enjoy it. I plan to post another similar video soon, which will feature a new song I wrote that I feel would work well as a ballet composition. Link to comment
puppytreats Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 . I purchased them from Amazon, Kulture, and the old Ballet Shop, in New York. Which shop in NY? Link to comment
Barbara Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I think toeprints might mean the ballet shop that was on Broadway near 64th? I think there's a Starbucks there now. I purchased my autographed copy of the Suzanne Farrel book there as well as Costumes by Karinska. Wish it were still there. Link to comment
Natalia Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I thought I'd start a thread just for fun and for helping purposes about ballet videos. ..... You can also post if you have any homemade videos or recordings of performances broadcast on TV, etc. ..... Hi. May I suggest running searches for "ballet" on the various-language Amazon.com sites? That may be a more efficient way of achieving your goal of obtaining a long list of 'what's out there, legally, on DVD." Puppytreats, "The Ballet Shop" was a tiny gem of a bookshop on Broadway that closed at least 12 yrs ago. They also had a wall of dance-related VHS videos for sale and even some pricey autographed mementos...e.g., photos and ballet shoes once belonging to Baryshnikov, Makarova, Nureyev, etc. The guys who ran the sales desk (Tobi and Joe) were also huge dance fans and served-up some of the best ballet gossip in town. It was on B'wy, just south of Lincoln Center (same block as the Empire Hotel). Edited to add: Link to the 2009 obit of Norman Crider, who was the owner of The Ballet Shop, which closed in 1996. I had always heard rumors about the "unofficial ballet tapes catalogue" of treasures for "research' (ahum...not to say "for sale")...but only VIPs like Nureyev had 'access' to it, as cited in this obit. I'm not sure what became of Tobi Liebovitz, Crider's associate, who had moved to Indianapolis with Crider. Tobi was 'the master of the videos.' http://www.nytimes.c...e/10crider.html Link to comment
California Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 You can also search e-bay, which includes many things now out-of-print. If it was originally purchased legitimately for private use, it can be resold for private use legitimately: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ballet+video Amazon also includes a lot of used items from independent sellers. Barnes & Noble includes DVDs that mostly overlap the Amazon list. (But do use the Amazon box in the lower left corner, so a portion goes to support Ballet Alert.) Link to comment
Natalia Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 .... Der Fledermaus - with Cragun and Panov - my tape from PBS in 1989 Baryshnikov Dances Balachine, with the ABT - my tape from PBS .... Toeprints, were these ever commercially available? Not so sure but, then again, I was overseas for much of the late 80s/early 90s. Link to comment
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