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1 Oct 2015

World Ballet Day 2015

BBC Arts: World Ballet Day

World Ballet Day 2015

Following last year’s unprecedented collaboration for the first World Ballet Day, five of the world’s leading ballet companies broadcast a full day of behind-the-scenes footage from across the globe. BBC Arts presented highlights from the Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Ballet, National Ballet of Canada and San Francisco Ballet.

Features

  • Origins of ballet
    Origins of ballet
    Tamara Rojo and members of The Royal Ballet discuss the development of classical ballet
  • Ballet step by step
    Ballet step by step
    Films showing the physical techniques and movements of classical ballet
  • Swan Lake: 32 Fouettés
    Swan Lake: 32 Fouettés
    Marianela Nunez performs the fouettés sequence from Swan Lake at The Royal Ballet
  • Frederick Ashton: A Genius of the Dance
    Frederick Ashton: A Genius of the Dance
    Key figures in the Royal Ballet give insight into the life of Frederick Ashton
  • Frederick Ashton: Virtuoso
    Frederick Ashton: Virtuoso
    Deborah Bull on English ballet's master choreographer
  • Rising star performs the 'Fred Step'
    Rising star performs the 'Fred Step'
    Francesca Hayward gives an exclusive performance in glorious slow motion

Links

World Ballet Day
The Royal Ballet
Bolshoi Ballet
The National Ballet of Canada
The Australian Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
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