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".
Les Miserables in Concert: The 10th Anniversary (1995)
8.8/10
Director: John Caird, Trevor Nunn
Starring: 250 Performers, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recognised as the world's most popular musical, the full magnificence of the score played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is captured on video at... Read more
The Red Shoes (1948)
8.3/10
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Esmond Knight, Al...
'The Red Shoes', the singular fantasia from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is cinema's quintessential backstage drama, as well as one of the m... Read more
Dancer (2016)
7.9/10
Director: Steven Cantor
Starring: Sergei Polunin
The very first thing you notice about the young Ukrainian ballet superstar Sergei Polunin is his deep set of piercing eyes which somehow seem to unner... Read more
Cirque du Soleil: Quidam (1999)
8.5/10
Director: David Mallet, Franco Dragone
Starring: Cirque du Soleil
Following the successful three-year tour across North America, the internationally renowned "neo-traditional" company presents their dazzling stagesho... 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
Carmen (Opera) (1984)
7.7/10
Director: Francesco Rosi
Starring: Julia Migenes-Johnson, Placido Domingo
The definitive version of this classic opera, shot entirely on location in Spain, featuring Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes-Johnson. Soundtrack by t... Read more
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble (2015)
7.7/10
Director: Morgan Neville
Starring: Yo-Yo Ma
Over the past 16 years, an extraordinary group of musicians has come together to celebrate the universal power of music. Named for the ancient trade r... Read more
I Am A Dancer (1972)
7.2/10
Director: Pierre Jourdan
Starring: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Carla Fracci
A portrait of the great Rudolf Nureyev, from his homely beginnings in 1938 to one of the century's great dancers and superstars. Includes excerpts fro... Read more
Cirque du Soleil: Alegria (2001)
6.8/10
Director: Franco Dragone, Nick Morris
Starring: Cirque du Soleil
What if anything were possible? What if the stage became a fantastic world where the old were young again and where kings were clowns? And if that wer... 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