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".
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
The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971)
Director: Reginald Mills
Starring: The Royal Ballet, Jeremy Fisher, Squirrel Nutkin
The Royal Ballet, in association with the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, presents a program based on the children's stories of Beatrix Potter. Ma... Read more
Porgy and Bess (1993)
7.4/10
Director: Trevor Nunn
Starring: Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Da...
The Gershwin's musical masterpiece 'Porgy and Bess' is one of America's greatest works. This production was directed by Trevor Nunn and is based on hi... Read more
Latcho Drom (1995)
8.2/10
Director: Tony Gatlif
Ecstatically celebrates the gypsy experience through eight countries on three separate continents. Beginning in Northern India and proceeding through... Read more
Rize (2004)
7.1/10
Director: David LaChapelle
Starring: Tommy 'the Clown' Johnson
In 1992 L.A. was a powderkeg of racial tension that erupted following the Rodney King trial verdict. A man named Tommy Johnson though it was time for... Read more
In Search of Mozart (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Phil Grabsky
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth this documentary by award-winning film-maker Phil Grabsky ("The Boy Who Plays On... Read more
First Position (2011)
7.6/10
Director: Bess Kargman
Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter one of the world's most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong... Read more
Ballerina (2007)
5.2/10
Director: Bertrand Normand
Starring: Uliana Lopatkina, Evguenya Obraztsova
Her's is a rare art. Her craft as demanding as an athlete. Her dancing life as brief as a vision of what it is to be a woman. Follow the destinies of... Read more
Dancemaker (1999)
7.2/10
Director: Matthew Diamond
Starring: Paul Taylor
Offering a rare backstage look at the man called "the greatest living choreographer," Matthew Diamond's Academy Award nominated documentary follows Pa... Read more
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was... (2006)
6.9/10
Director: Tony Palmer
Starring: Benjamin Britten
Tony Palmer's absorbing documentary is an in-depth look at the prolific and controversial British composer Benjamin Britten. Showing musical gifts ear... Read more