Ballet in Motion Pictures
movies who cast real professional ballet dancers ....
(courtesy to Adam Cooper from the Royal Ballet in Billy Eliot's encredits)
(courtesy to Adam Cooper from the Royal Ballet in Billy Eliot's encredits)
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- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsAnton WalbrookMarius GoringMoira ShearerA young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Leonide Masine, Ludmilla Tcherina
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsJamie BellJulie WaltersJean HeywoodA talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.Adam Cooper Royal Ballet
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsAmanda SchullEthan StiefelSascha RadetskyA group of teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.Julie Kent, Ethan Stifel, Sascha Radetzky ABT
Amanda Schull SFB - DirectorLisa NiemiStarsPatrick SwayzeLisa NiemiGeorge De La PenaIn the wake of tragedy, a renowned NY dance company is on the brink of collapse. After leaving the dance world for good, Travis, Chrissa and Max have one last chance to re-connect with the passion and prove that miracles really can happen.Lisa Niemi
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsNeve CampbellJames FrancoMalcolm McDowellA young ballet dancer is poised to become the principal performer in a group of ballet dancers.The Joffrey Ballet
Neve Campbell National Ballet School of Canada - DirectorHerbert RossStarsMikhail BaryshnikovAlessandra FerriLeslie BrowneA successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.Mikhail Barynshnikov, Julie Kent, Alessandra Ferri, Leslie Browne, Tommy Rall, Lynn Seymour, Victor Barbee ABT
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsEddie BarthIrene CaraLee CurreriA chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.Antonia Francheschi, New York City Ballet
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsChi CaoBruce GreenwoodKyle MacLachlanIn Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.Li Cunxin, Chengwu Guo, Huang Wen Bin, dancers of the Austrlaian Ballet,
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsAnne BancroftShirley MacLaineMikhail BaryshnikovWhen her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne ABT
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsMikhail BaryshnikovGregory HinesJerzy SkolimowskiA Russian American ballet dancer's airplane is forced to land in USSR, where he's "repatriated". He stays with an American man married to a Russian. Will the American help him flee USSR?Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsMoira ShearerRobert RounsevilleLudmilla TchérinaA melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.The opera film stars Robert Rounseville, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Léonide Massine, and features Pamela Brown, Ludmilla Tchérina and Ann Ayars. Only Rounseville and Ayars sang their own roles.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliGottfried ReinhardtStarsKirk DouglasJames MasonLeslie CaronAn anthology film consisting of three very different stories about love set in Europe and told in flashback.Moira Shearer, Leslie Caron
- DirectorJean Benoît-LévyMarie EpsteinStarsYvette ChauviréMia SlavenskaJanine CharratAs the title would suggest, La Mort du Cygne (The Death of the Swan) is set in the high art world of ballet. In fact, it is the first full length motion picture set in this world. It is about a young dance student, Rose Souris, who nourishes an impassioned admiration for a star of the ballet, Miss Beaupre, and consequently will do anything to help her further herself. Called "Ballerina" internationally, La Mort du Cygne was remade by MGM as The Unfinished Dance (1947).starring Yvette Chauviré, Mia Slavenska and Jeanine Charrat, Serge Lifar
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsAlan BatesGeorge De La PenaLeslie BrowneThe story of Vaslav Nijinsky, who is widely believed to be one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time. Based on Romola Nijinsky's "Last Years Of Nijinski.Leslie Browne, Carla Fracci, George de la Pena, Sir Anton Dolin
- DirectorMark HaberStarsMary-Margaret HumesKimberly McCulloughNatalija NogulichA young woman succumbs to pressure at ballet school and develops anorexia nervosa.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsPaul SorvinoAnne DitchburnNicolas CosterAn aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.Anne Ditchburn NAtional Ballet of Canada
- DirectorBen HechtStarsJudith AndersonMichael ChekhovIvan KirovBallet dancer Andre Sanine (Ivan Kirov) may have murdered his first wife. A detective thinks so, and he's not the only one. Andre is charming, if a little peculiar. Haidi (Viola Essen), a ballerina, marries him. The company takes its new production on tour. But Andre's control seems to be slipping.Excerpts from the ballet Le Spectre de la Rose, which uses Carl Maria von Weber's piano piece Invitation to the Dance as orchestrated by Hector Berlioz, are featured in the film.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsMargaret O'BrienCyd CharisseKarin BoothA young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.The Unfinished Dance is a 1947 drama film directed by Henry Koster. It is set in a ballet company, and is a remake of the 1937 French film Ballerina, based on a short story by Paul Morand. It won two awards at the 1948 Locarno International Film Festival.
Margaret O'Brien and Cyd Charisse star. - DirectorChris Mason JohnsonStarsScott MarloweMatthew RischEvan BoomerIn 1985, a gay dance understudy hopes for his on-stage chance while fearing the growing AIDS epidemic.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.ABT soloists Sarah Lane and Maria Riccetto served as "dance doubles" for Portman and Kunis respectively. Dancer Kimberly Prosa also served as a double for Portman. She stated: "Natalie took class, she studied for several months, from the waist up is her. Sarah Lane a soloist at ABT, did the heavy tricks, she did the fouettés, but they only had her for a limited time, a couple of weeks, so I did the rest of whatever dance shots they needed."
In addition to the soloist performances, members of the Pennsylvania Ballet were cast as the corps de ballet, backdrop for the main actors' performances. Also appearing in the film are Kristina Anapau, Toby Hemingway,Sebastian Stan, and Janet Montgomery. - CreatorMoira Walley-BeckettStarsSarah HayBen DanielsEmily TyraA talented but emotionally troubled dancer runs away to New York City and quickly finds herself immersed in the cutthroat world of professional ballet.Sarah Hay as Claire Robbins, a ballet dancer with a troubled past.
Ben Daniels as Paul Grayson, an Artistic Director of the American Ballet Company.
Emily Tyra as Mia Bialy, Claire's reluctant roommate who has an eating disorder.
Irina Dvorovenko as Kiira, an aging prima ballerina struggling with an injury.
Damon Herriman as Romeo, a homeless man who lives under Claire's building.
Josh Helman as Bryan Robbins, Claire's brother and a former Marine.
Raychel Diane Weiner as Daphne Kensington, an ambitious New Yorker from a privileged background.
Marina Benedict as Toni Cannava, The American Ballet Company's transcendent new choreographer.
Tina Benko as Jessica, the manager of the American Ballet Company.
Sascha Radetsky as Ross, a womanizing principal dancer.
Karell Williams as Trey, a struggling ballet dancer. - DirectorValérie MüllerAngelin PreljocajStarsAnastasia ShevtsovaVeronika ZhovnytskaJuliette BinocheA young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.Angelin Preljocaj, Jeremie Belingard
- DirectorMichael DamianStarsKeenan KampaNicholas GalitzineSonoya MizunoDancer Ruby, starting at Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, meets English violinist Johnnie, playing in a subway station. Music and dance follow.Keenan Kampa, Boston Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre
- DirectorBirgitte StærmoseStarsDanica CurcicGustaf SkarsgårdUlrich Thomsen"Darling" is the moving love story of a dancer on the rollercoaster ride of her life, a drama about the rise and fall of a modern woman as she summons the courage to face her greatest trial.Astrid Grarup Elbo, Royal Danish Ballet
- DirectorStéphanie Di GiustoStarsSokoGaspard UllielMélanie ThierryLoïe Fuller was the toast of the Folies Bergères at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse-Lautrec and the Lumière Brothers. The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protégé and rival Isadora Duncan.if real professional dancers are going to bu cast i still uncertain ....
- DirectorRalph FiennesStarsOleg IvenkoRalph FiennesLouis HofmannThe story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West.Russian dancer Oleg Ivenko will play Nureyev and Adele Exarchopoulos (“Blue is the Warmest Color”) plays Clara Saint, who opened Nureyev’s eyes to the Nouvelle Vague in Paris and helped choreograph his defection. The cast also includes Ukrainian dancer Sergei Polunin and Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova.