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Famous Ballets

Learn more from this list of the 10 most famous ballets of all time that exist in the classical dance repertoire.

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⦿ Cinderella

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

Famous Ballets - 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")
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⦿ Don Quixote

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

Famous Ballets - Giselle
  • 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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⦿ La Bayadère

Famous Ballets - 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

Famous Ballets - 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"
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⦿ Romeo and Juliet

Famous Ballets - Romeo and Juliet
  • Original Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky
  • Musical Score: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Based on: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
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⦿ Swan Lake

Famous Ballets - Swan Lake
  • Original Choreography: Julius Reisinger
  • Musical Score: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Based on: (possibly) Russian and German folktales
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⦿ The Nutcracker

Famous Ballets - 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"
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⦿ The Sleeping Beauty

Famous Ballets - The Sleeping Beauty
  • Original Choreography: Marius Petipa
  • Musical Score: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Based on: Charles Perrault's "La Belle au bois dormant"
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