Saturday, October 12, 2024
Famous Ballets
Learn more from this list of the 10 most famous ballets of all time that exist in the classical dance repertoire.
Cinderella
- Original Choreography: Rostislav Zakharov
- Musical Score: Sergei Prokofiev
- Based on: Charles Perrault's "Cendrillon ou la petite pantoufle de verre"
Coppélia
- 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")
Don Quixote
- Original Choreography: Marius Petipa
- Musical Score: Ludwig Minkus
- Based on: Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote de la Mancha"
Giselle
- Original Choreography: Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot
- Musical Score: Adolphe Adam
- Based on: Heinrich Heine's "De lÁllemagne" and Victor Hugo's "Les Orientales"
La Bayadère
- Original Choreography: Marius Petipa
- Musical Score: Ludwig Minkus
- Based on: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Le Dieu et la Bayadère"
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La Sylphide
- 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"
Romeo and Juliet
- Original Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky
- Musical Score: Sergei Prokofiev
- Based on: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
Swan Lake
- Original Choreography: Julius Reisinger
- Musical Score: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Based on: (possibly) Russian and German folktales
The Nutcracker
- Original Choreography: Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov
- Musical Score: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Based on: E.T.A. Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"
The Sleeping Beauty
- Original Choreography: Marius Petipa
- Musical Score: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Based on: Charles Perrault's "La Belle au bois dormant"
