Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary (2002), Billy Elliot (2000), Black Swan (2010), Rhythm Is It! (2004), Ballets Russes (2005), Suspiria (1977), Mao's Last Dancer (2009), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Ballet movies.
Storyline: A self-trained dancer from the streets of Detroit finds her way after auditioning for the most prestigious ballet academy in New York.
Plot Keywords: dancer, dance instructor, inspiring, uplifting, new york, ballet, hip-hop dancing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love. After the ship is underway, Padrinsky, the head of the real ballet academy, reads about the departure and also heads to Paris, bringing with him his ballet loving gangster patron, Mike Coogan, with orders to eliminate the pair of imposters. Things look bleak for Terry as Kay becomes angry and severs her relationship with Terry when she learns that Mona was once married to him and he never told her that. And Padrinsky gets a deportation order for the whole group on the day they were to perform in the contest.—Arthur Hausner <genart@volcan.net>
Plot Keywords: club owner, ballet instructor, ballerina, ex-wife, gangster, thug, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Junior Donal, an ex-vaudevillian now teaching music at Knickerbocker University in New York, enlists to help of patroness Peggy Portefield to persuade Sergei Alexandrovich, the director of the Russian Ballet, to stage a friend's jazzy "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" ballet. Junior becomes involved with the company's prima ballerina, Vera Barnova, and even takes over the male lead in "Slaughter". This so enrages Vera's lover and regular dancing partner that he hires two thugs to kill Junior while he is performing on stage.—Alessandro Martini <alemartini@geocities.com>
Plot Keywords: composer, ballerina, director, partner, hit man, amusing, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key, a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer's (Morgan Freeman's) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It's there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice, and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers, and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Dame Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara's key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.
Plot Keywords: soldier, mouse, queen, king, ballerina, spectacular, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the 70's, Alex Markov is raised by her mother Clarice Markov to be a successful ballerina, and in their home there are no mysteries or taboo related to sex, since her father, Dr. Dan Markov, openly discusses this subject with his family. When Alex reaches sixteen years old, her parents split while her boyfriend presses her to have sex blurring her dreams and making her confused. With the support of her family and friends, Alex supersedes her problems.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: dancer, mother, father, boyfriend, friend, creative, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Air traffic controller Max Fiedler is unhappy with his career and his second marriage. An exposure to toxic waste gives him the power of telekinesis. He comes to a crossroads at a beachhouse he shares with his wife, his ex, and a voodoo priestess.—<rth@ece.arizona.edu>
Plot Keywords: air traffic controller, girlfriend, vietnam vet, ex-wife, author, amusing, outlandish ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The New York City Ballet performs the Tchaikovsky-Petipa fairy tale of a girl (Jessica Lynne Cohen) and her doll-turned-prince (Macaulay Culkin). Kevin Kline narrates.
Plot Keywords: nutcracker, girl, fairy, mouse, prince, engaging, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Jason, at early 50s, middle-aged and once handsome, fluid sexuality, works as a piano accompanist at a local ballet studio. He is suffering from memories of a tragic car accident, and is dealing with his wife, Karen, who after moving out, is pushing for a divorce, although he doesn't want one. Although his children Max, 17, star athlete, and Isabella, 15, sensitive, wheelchair-bound, are supportive, Jason is still sad and depressed over the fracturing of the family. At the ballet studio where he works for ballet classes, he meets troubled ballet star, Brandon, who is looking for a comeback. The attraction is palpable. Brandon is impressed by Jason's "magic" music that somehow captivates the dancers at the studio and allows them to dance with added grace and elegance. However, Brandon's off-again, on-again boyfriend, Adam, who is also a dancer at the studio, is insanely jealous of the attraction evident between Brandon and Jason.—FilmFreeway
Plot Keywords: gay man, son, romantic rival, daughter, dancer, pianist, touching ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In this filmed version of the stage ballet, Spartacus (Vladimir Vasiliev) is a former king, humiliated and enslaved by Krass (Marius Liepa), the heartless leader of the Roman Republic. After seeing his wife, Friggia (Natalia Bessmertnova), forced to join a harem, Spartacus can stand no more torture. He resolves to lead a resistance movement against his tyrannical oppressors, which culminates in a violent final battle between the slaves and Krass' minions.
Plot Keywords: slave, wife, leader, friend, politician, soldier, passionate ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Wendy Whelan joined the New York City Ballet in 1984 as an apprentice and became its principal dancer in 1991. She is a highly respected and beloved figure in the dance world. Whelan is followed as she confronts the limitations that time has placed on her body and learns to adapt to a new role in the dance community.
Plot Keywords: ballerina, ballet director, dancer, emotional, engaging, inspiring, powerful ...
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