TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What’s the point(e) of ballet?
A baby cursed at birth. A fierce battle of good and evil. A true love awoken with a kiss. Since premiering in 1890, “The Sleeping Beauty” has become one of the most frequently staged ballets in history. So what makes this piece so...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The origins of ballet - Jennifer Tortorello and Adrienne Westwood
Can you imagine a party where every movement and every visual detail were governed by a complex system of rules and procedures? For centuries, such rituals were commonplace for European nobility. And while they've gone out of fashion, we...
Curated Video
Boy triplets a sensation at top Cuba ballet school
1. Wide triplets and classmates practicing pirouettes 2. Tilt up from hopping feet to triplets hopping 3. Mid triplets (left to right) Angel, Marco and Cesar Ramirez 4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Marco Ramirez, Triplet Ballet Student: "I would...
Curated Video
16 countries participate in urban dance event
AP Television Havana, 8 Apr 2010 1. Zoom in dancers on stilts and people dancing in Old Havana 2. Travelling shot dancers and drum 3. Zoom out from feet to dancers in Old Havana. 4. Various Dancers performing 5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)...
The Wall Street Journal
Kyle Abraham on What Dance Can Teach Us About Identity
Kyle Abraham, Founder and artistic Director, A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, discusses the relationship between moments of social change and the evolution of contemporary dance.
Curated Video
Olympic flame "selfie hotspot" for fans wanting to show they were in Sochi
The Olympic flame in Sochi has become a selfie hotspot. Taking a self-portrait with a cellphone camera in front of one of the most iconic Olympic symbols is proving to be one of the biggest attractions at the Sochi Games. In fact, so...
Curated Video
Outpost of Russian Art in Malaga
SPAIN RUSSIAN ART MUSEUM SOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 5:39 SHOTLIST:Malaga, Spain - March 25, 2015 1. Wide of "La Tabacalera" main entrance2. Mid of...
Curated Video
Bolshoi theatre opens first production since acid attack on artistic director
1. Wide of dancers on stage rushing to a stylised painting of dictator's face and tearing it to pieces 2. Mid of orchestra 3. Wide of theatre ceiling 4. Audience 5. Dancers hiding shredded pieces of dictator's face 6. Audience 7. Various...
Royal Opera House
Inside the costume department - the dazzling designs of Jewels (The Royal Ballet)
Allan Watkins takes us through the dazzling details of the costumes for Balanchine's ballet Jewels. Find out more at: http://www.roh.org.uk/jewels Jewels was first performed by The Royal Ballet in 2007, and is now celebrating its 50th...
Royal Opera House
Orphée et Eurydice - The Dance of the Furies (The Royal Opera)
The Monteverdi Choir and The Hofesh Shechter Dance Company in The Royal Opera's production of Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/eurydice The Italian Orfeo ed Euridice was the first of Gluck’s great...
The Guardian
Edinburgh festival 2011: National Ballet of China's The Peony Pavilion
The centrepiece of the international festival's opening weekend has been the National Ballet of China, performing a sumptuous adaptation of The Peony Pavilion -- a classic Chinese tale of love lost, then mystically regained. Adaptor and...
Royal Opera House
Darcey Bussell on how to dance The Sleeping Beauty's Lilac Fairy (The Royal Ballet)
Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty is notoriously one of the most challenging ballets to perform. Find out more: http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/the-sleeping-beauty-by-marius-petipa The production holds a particularly special place in...
Curated Video
Colombian couple win world salon tango competiton
Buenos Aires - 29 Aug 2011 1. Wide of couples dancing on stage during competition 2. Mid of couples dancing on stage during competition 3. Wide of line-up of all couples participating waiting for results to be announced 4. Close of joint...
Curated Video
America's First Prima Ballerina
In a world dominated by mainly caucasian dancers, Native American Maria Tallchief overcame discrimination to become the United States’ first prima ballerina.
Curated Video
Park sculptures
Where in the world, USA. Idarod race, harleys in Dubai and easter eggs.
Royal Opera House
Orphée et Eurydice - ‘Excerpt from the Chaconne, Act III (The Royal Opera)’
The Hofesh Shechter Dance Company in The Royal Opera's production of Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/eurydice The Italian Orfeo ed Euridice was the first of Gluck’s great ‘reform’ operas. In it, he and...
Royal Opera House
Hofesh Shechter and John Fulljames on Orphée et Eurydice (The Royal Opera)
Co-directors Hofesh Shechter and John Fulljames discuss their new production of Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/eurydice *** The Italian Orfeo ed Euridice was the first of Gluck’s great ‘reform’ operas....
Royal Opera House
Orphée et Eurydice - 'J'ai perdu mon Eurydice' (Juan Diego Flórez, The Royal Opera)
Juan Diego Flórez in The Royal Opera's production of Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/eurydice The Italian Orfeo ed Euridice was the first of Gluck’s great ‘reform’ operas. In it, he and his librettist...
Curated OER
Get Up And Dance
Zoe dances to stay healthy. She does ballet because when she dances she moves her whole body. Use this video to help incorporate a rhythmic movement through dancing into the daily routine of your primary learners.
Curated OER
Dance Theatre Of Harlem
Exposing younger students to fine art enriches their learning experience and opens them up to a different mode of self-expression. Elmo and Zoe attend and narrate a ballet at the Dance Theater of Harlem. Show your class a similar ballet...
TED-Ed
The Origins of Ballet
The role of Louis XIV, the Royal Academy of Dance and the Paris Opera Ballet, the five main positions of the body are are featured in a short video that traces the history of Ballet, the little dance.