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1.Tales Of Beatrix Potter [1971] starring: The Royal Ballet November 20, 2006
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Absolute magic! I saw this as a child and it inspired me into career of dance. As a child, I adored to watch it and try to imitate the characters. Frederick Ashton's choreoegraphy brings the animals to life with imagination and fun. In the early 70's The Royal Ballet was in it's glory days with dancers like beautiful Leslie Collier, Wayne Sleep and Michael Coleman: who's Pas De Chat-ing Jeremy Fisher I'll never forget, dancers filled with style, creativeness and that tremendous RB technique. This is a joy, something to have on the shelf for any ballet fan or budding ballerina. Enjoy!

2.Sylvia [1996] starring: Darcey Bussell, Roberto Bolle, The Royal Ballet, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House directed by: Graham Bond October 29, 2007
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IN A NUTSHELL-boy fancies girl-girl shoots boy with an arrow,statue shoots girl-girl kidnapped by demigod-girl gets demigod drunk-girl saved by eros(the statue)reunited with boy who is not dead after all-demigod (Orion) reappears to try and snatch girl again but is shot by Diana(the huntress)boy and girl live happily ever after.Now the serious bit,this ballet will have you cheering from your seat,everyone puts their heart and soul into it,and that includes the corps de ballet.The sets are superb,and costumes are everything we've come to expect from the R.O.H.the list of star players is your guarantee of great ballet and you will not be disappointed,this deserves more than 5 stars...AND you could listen to this score without pictures that's how ... Read More:

3.Christopher Bruce's Triple Bill starring: Royal Danish Ballet Company, Geneva Ballet, English National Ballet May 29, 2006
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IN A NUTSHELL-boy fancies girl-girl shoots boy with an arrow,statue shoots girl-girl kidnapped by demigod-girl gets demigod drunk-girl saved by eros(the statue)reunited with boy who is not dead after all-demigod (Orion) reappears to try and snatch girl again but is shot by Diana(the huntress)boy and girl live happily ever after.Now the serious bit,this ballet will have you cheering from your seat,everyone puts their heart and soul into it,and that includes the corps de ballet.The sets are superb,and costumes are everything we've come to expect from the R.O.H.the list of star players is your guarantee of great ballet and you will not be disappointed,this deserves more than 5 stars...AND you could listen to this score without pictures that's how ... Read More:

4.La Sylphide - Royal Danish Ballet starring: Lis Jeppesen, Royal Danish Ballet Company March 27, 2006
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From the second you put this DVD on do not look away unless you want to miss a treat.From the first dance by Lis Jeppesen I guarantee you to be captivated,Sorella Englund as the old fortune teller is a stroke of genius.The costumes are spot on and I could not find fault with any of the performers. It is a short ballet,with much crammed into it,sylphs that disappear up chimneys leading on to the entrance of the bride to be with her friends,a very merry party indeed,this being the point where the groom disappears into the forest to look for his sylph. Act2 is the more moving as James ends up killing the sylph and dying his self,Im sure you havent seen many ballets where both the main characters die but if you miss this one you`ve missed ... Read More:

5.La Fille Mal Gardee [1981] starring: The Royal Ballet, Lesley Collier, Michael Coleman, Brian Shaw, Royal Opera House Orchestra April 09, 2001
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I bought this dvd purely to see Lesley Collier and was not disappointed,she is without doubt one of the greatest ballet dancers ever.This is a musical panto ,and is blessed with a very good corps de ballet,Brian Shaw is a perfect Dame(who could not like the clog dance),so if its good dancing,a charming panto and lovely musical score you want,this will no doubt be the one for you...

6.The Nutcracker starring: The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Shirley Laub October 01, 2001
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I saw this when it was first broadcast on the BBC at christmas time and loved it, so to own it on dvd is truly wonderful. It'll make you feel like an awe filled child again, it does with me anyway. I cannot begin to imagine the work and effort that is required from everybody involved to produce a ballet of this quality but I'm full of admiration. This production of The Nutcracker is completely faultless, everything is so splendid, the costumes, the stage, the music, everything, and all the dancers are amazing. Well, this is The Royal Ballet at The Royal Opera House, so the perfection is no surprise. The special features are very impressive too, short interviews with Sir Peter Wright and Sir Anthony Dowell and a behind the scenes piece, which shows that putting on a ... Read More:

7.Manon [1982] (NTSC) starring: Jennifer Penney, Anthony Powell, The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Ashley Lawrence directed by: Colin Nears, Norman Morice March 22, 2004
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Although this is an archive recording from video tape from 1982 the quality is actually quite good. If you've never seen Macmillan's ballet of Manon you're in for a treat. The score is an amazing confection of Massenet pieces (ironically none from his own Manon opera) by Leighton Lucas and is worth listening to alone. Macmillan's choreography is rather gentler at times than his other great narrative works such as Romeo and Mayerling, but has the most delicate solos and pas de deux you'll ever see. But there are also moments of violence and great despair - the final pas de deux set in the Louisiana mangrove swamps is amazing! Whilst the dancing of the corps is not at its finest, and the soloists are good but not great, the marvel of this recording is the Des ... Read More:

8.Rudolf Nureyev And Margot Fonteyn - An Evening With The Royal Ballet starring: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, The Royal Ballet directed by: Anthony Asquith, Anthony Havelock-Allan December 01, 2002
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Although this is an archive recording from video tape from 1982 the quality is actually quite good. If you've never seen Macmillan's ballet of Manon you're in for a treat. The score is an amazing confection of Massenet pieces (ironically none from his own Manon opera) by Leighton Lucas and is worth listening to alone. Macmillan's choreography is rather gentler at times than his other great narrative works such as Romeo and Mayerling, but has the most delicate solos and pas de deux you'll ever see. But there are also moments of violence and great despair - the final pas de deux set in the Louisiana mangrove swamps is amazing! Whilst the dancing of the corps is not at its finest, and the soloists are good but not great, the marvel of this recording is the Des ... Read More:

9.Ballet Favourites (NTSC) starring: American Ballet Theatre, Darcey Bussell, The Royal Ballet, The Kirov Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet August 02, 2004
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The clips here are predominantly from the Royal Ballet, with a couple from the Kirov, one from the Paris Opera & a long segment from American Ballet Theatre's Don Quixote. Any disc with dancing from Baryshnikov, Collier, Dowell, Ferri & Bussell is worth watching. The biggest disappointment is the sections from the Kirov: poorly directed with focus on the dancers' faces rather than the whole body in Giselle, and rather unexciting dance & choreography in Sleeping Beauty.

10.Highlights From The Royal Ballet starring: Anthony Dowell, Lesley Collier, Wayne Eagling, Alessandra Ferri, Jennifer Penney August 02, 2004
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The clips here are predominantly from the Royal Ballet, with a couple from the Kirov, one from the Paris Opera & a long segment from American Ballet Theatre's Don Quixote. Any disc with dancing from Baryshnikov, Collier, Dowell, Ferri & Bussell is worth watching. The biggest disappointment is the sections from the Kirov: poorly directed with focus on the dancers' faces rather than the whole body in Giselle, and rather unexciting dance & choreography in Sleeping Beauty.

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