Performing Arts
Performance Arts have been generally merged into the more classical forms of stagecraft, ie. Ballet, Dance, Opera, Theatre and Gilbert & Sullivan, and are listed by title below. Performing music, both studio and live performance are best found under "Music Capsule".
Right: The spectacular troupe of "Cirque du Soleil".
Rubbings from a Live Man (2008)
7.7/10
Director: Florian Habicht
Starring: Warwick Broadhead
Filmmaker Florian Habicht ('Kaikohe Demolition', 'Woodenhead') takes veteran performer Warwick Broadhead as his subject matter in this captivating bio... Read more
Ruddigore (1982)
5.9/10
Starring: Vincent Price, John Treleaven, Sandra Dugdale
A witch's curse binds each succeeding Lord of Ruddigore to commit a crime a day... or die. Meantime, in the local fishing village, all the young men a... Read more
Rudolf Nureyev: A Brilliant Life (2008)
7.7/10
Director: Sonia Paramo
Starring: Rudolf Nureyev
Born on the Trans-Siberian express, Rudolf Nureyev never rested in his meteoric rise to become the brightest star of the ballet universe. From command... Read more
Salome (1992)
8.1/10
Director: Derek Bailey, Peter Hall
Starring: Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin, Kenneth Riegel
Richard Strauss' erotic, one-act adaptation of Oscar Wilde's poetic play is filled with decadence, lavish sets and stirring singing. Maria Ewing turns... Read more
Snow White (Ballet) (2009)
7.6/10
Director: Angelin Preljocaj
Established in 1984, the Ballet Preljocaj troupe present one of their most acclaimed pieces, "Snow White", a contemporary and romantic adaptation of t... Read more
Stomp: Out Loud (1997)
8.3/10
Director: Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas
Starring: Members of the International Casts of Stomp
The 4 times Emmy nominated Stomp Out Loud combines the very best of the stage show plus new and re-choreographed pieces especially for TV. Also includ... Read more
Stravinsky: Once at a Border... (1982)
8.4/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Stravinsky
Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the San Francisco Film Festival, this autobiographical film about one of the most important and influential composer... Read more
Sunday in the Park with George (1986)
9.2/10
Director: James Lapine
Starring: Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Frank Kopyc, William Parry
Based on Seurat's painting "A Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grande Jatte", which depicts people gathering on an island in the Seine. This music... Read more
Swan Lake ( Bolshoi & Kirov Ballet ) (2007)
7.9/10
Enjoy a full length performance of the world's favourite ballet performed by stars of the Bolshoi Ballet and the Kirov Ballet of St Petersburg. Set to... Read more
Testimony (1987)
7.1/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Terence Rigby, Ronald Pickup
The enthralling study of the life and times, the artistry and the anguish of the Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich - a Russian who fell from grace... Read more