Famous Ballets

• Original Choreography: George Balanchine
• Musical Score: Felix Mendelssohn
• Based on: Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

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• Original Choreography: Rostislav Zakharov
• Musical Score: Sergei Prokofiev
• Based on: Charles Perrault's "Cendrillon ou la petite pantoufle de verre"

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• Original Choreography: Arthur Saint-Léon
• Musical Score: Léo Delibes
• Based on: E.T.A. Hoffman's "Der Sandmann" ("The Sandman") and "Die Puppe" ("The Doll")

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• Original Choreography: Marius Petipa
• Musical Score: Ludwig Minkus
• Based on: Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote de la Mancha"

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• Original Choreography: Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot
• Musical Score: Adolphe Adam
• Based on: Heinrich Heine's "De lÁllemagne" and Victor Hugo's "Les Orientales"

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• Original Choreography: Marius Petipa
• Musical Score: Ludwig Minkus
• Based on: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Le Dieu et la Bayadère"

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• Original Choreography: Filippo Taglioni
• Musical Score: Original by Jean-Madeleine Schneitzhoeffer, August Bournonville's interpretation by Herman Severin Løvenskiold
• Based on: Charles Nodier's "Trilby, ou Le lutin d'Argail"

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• Original Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky
• Musical Score: Sergei Prokofiev
• Based on: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"

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• Original Choreography: Julius Reisinger
• Musical Score: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Based on: (possibly) Russian and German folktales

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• Original Choreography: Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov
• Musical Score: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Based on: E.T.A. Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"

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• Original Choreography: Marius Petipa
• Musical Score: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Based on: Charles Perrault's "La Belle au bois dormant"

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