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Radish dancing in the fairy-tale market town of Cipollino

Family story balletTwo acts

Karen Khachaturian · Genrikh Maiorov

Cipollino

A brave Little Onion and his friend Radish unite their fairy-tale town against Prince Lemon’s absurd laws and discover the power of friendship.

Meet: Cipollino · Radish · Prince Lemon · Signor Tomato
Study: Radish Variation

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Swanhilda dancing in the village setting of Coppélia

Comic balletThree acts

Léo Delibes · Arthur Saint-Léon

Coppélia

Swanhilda follows a mystery from the village square into Dr. Coppélius’s workshop and discovers that her silent rival is a mechanical doll.

Meet: Swanhilda · Franz · Dr. Coppélius · Coppélia
Study: Swanhilda · Act I and Franz · Act III

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Kitri dancing with a fan in the Barcelona setting of Don Quixote

Bravura comedyThree acts

Ludwig Minkus · Marius Petipa / Alexander Gorsky

Don Quixote

Kitri and Basilio outwit convention while an idealistic knight turns Barcelona into the setting for a chase, a dream, and a brilliant wedding.

Meet: Kitri · Basilio · Don Quixote · Sancho Panza
Study: Kitri, Cupid, Queen of the Dryads, and wedding variations

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Female dancer in the Flower Festival at Genzano variation

Bournonville balletOne act · pas de deux survives

Edvard Helsted / Holger Simon Paulli · August Bournonville

Flower Festival at Genzano

Young lovers Rosa and Paolo dance in the bright social world of Genzano's flower festival; today their famous pas de deux carries the ballet into the international repertory.

Meet: Rosa · Paolo · Festival ensemble
Study: Flower Festival · Female and Male Variations

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Giselle dancing in the Rhineland village during Act I

Romantic balletTwo acts

Adolphe Adam · Jean Coralli / Jules Perrot / Marius Petipa

Giselle

A trusting village girl discovers that her beloved is a disguised nobleman, then protects him from the vengeful Wilis after love and loss transform them both.

Meet: Giselle · Albrecht · Hilarion · Myrtha
Study: Giselle · Act I and the Peasant Pas variations

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Niriti dancing beneath a glowing star-shaped talisman in a celestial palace setting

Ballet-fantastiqueThree acts · modern staging

Riccardo Drigo · Marius Petipa / Aleksander Mishutin

Le Talisman

A celestial maiden descends to earth with a talisman that can return her to heaven, then must choose between immortality and mortal love.

Meet: Niriti · Noureddin · Vayou · Queen Amravati
Study: Talisman Pas de Deux · Female and Male Variations

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The Fairy Doll dancing inside an enchanted antique toy shop

Ballet-féerieOne act · two scenes

Josef Bayer / Riccardo Drigo · Joseph Hassreiter / Sergei and Nikolai Legat

The Fairy Doll

A treasured doll enchants a toy shop by day, then awakens its entire collection for a secret midnight celebration.

Meet: The Fairy Doll · Drummer Bunny · The Toymaker · The Pierrots
Study: Fairy Doll Variation · Drummer Bunny · Legat pas de trois

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Princess Aurora dancing at her sixteenth-birthday celebration in The Sleeping Beauty

Classical fairy-tale balletPrologue and three acts

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Marius Petipa

The Sleeping Beauty

Princess Aurora's christening, enchanted sleep, awakening, and wedding unfold through one of classical ballet's richest collections of variations.

Meet: Princess Aurora · Prince Désiré · Lilac Fairy · Carabosse
Study: Aurora, Prince Désiré, Prologue fairies, jewel fairies, Bluebird, and Princess Florine

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