Petipa Videos

Watch the trailer for the Royal Opera House's The Nutcracker in cinemas from Tuesday 12 December 2023 at 7.15pm (GMT), with Encore screenings from Sunday 17 December 2023 at 2pm (GMT).

Watch as Sarah Lamb dances the solo from Frederick Ashton's Scènes de ballet in all new video. Sometimes called Ashton’s most modernist work, Scènes de ballet is an expression of the art form distilled to its purest essence.

American Ballet Theatre returns to the Metropolitan Opera House for the first time in three years for its Summer season, June 13–July 16, 2022.

This Spring, join The Royal Ballet for its sumptuous production of Swan Lake, returning to the Royal Opera House after its 2020 revival was cut short due to the pandemic.  

This Spring, join The Royal Ballet for its sumptuous production of Swan Lake, returning to the Royal Opera House after its 2020 revival was cut short due to the pandemic. Get a first look a the cast in rehearsals in an all new video.

Journey with The Royal Ballet to an enchanted world of princesses, fairy godmothers and magical spells in this landmark production of Petipa’s classic ballet, to Tchaikovsky's glorious music.

Marianela Nuñez is gearing up to star as Myrtha in the Royal Opera House production of Giselle.

The ABT Studio Company Spring Festival was filmed at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, New York following the Studio Company’s spring bubbles in March and April 2021 at Kaatsbaan and the Silver Bay YMCA Conference & Family Retreat Center in Silver Bay, New York. All works were created, rehearsed, and filmed following strict COVID-19 health and safety protocols.  

American Ballet Theatre has been flashing back to some of their past trips, as part of The Dancer's Perspective series!

SoCal's longest running production of The Nutcracker returns for its 47th magical Holiday Season. Westside Ballet of Santa Monica's talented pre-professional dancers share the world class Broad Stage with seven accomplished professional guest artists to present nine enchanting ballet productions, scheduled from November 30 - December 8.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Alexei Ratmansky's Harlequinade. The all - new production of Harlequinade, staged by Ratmansky after the original by Marius Petipa, will be given its World Premiere by American Ballet Theatre on June 4, 2018. A comic ballet in two - acts, Harlequinade is set to music by Riccardo Drigo and first premiered in 1900 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Details of The Royal Ballet's 2017/18 Season have been announced. The full production list is as follows:

Tony Award-winning choreographer/director Matthew Bourne, along with his company New Adventures, returns to the Ahmanson Theatre with a timeless tale for all ages, 'Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty,' A Gothic Romance. Presented by Center Theatre Group and Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center, 'Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty' opened on November 21, 2013, and will run for two weeks only through December 1. In the video below, Bourne talks about re-imaging the classic fairytale. Watch below!

February 2, 1954 marks the 59th anniversary of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. Wasn't the ballet presented in December? No, you are wrong. It was first unveiled by the New York City Ballet in 1954 for a few performances. It proved so popular that the company presented the ballet for an extended December run in 1954. It's been like that to this day.

On this date in 1898 Raymonda premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. The production had music by Alexander Glazunov, choreography by Marius Petipa and an all star cast (for its day) that included Pierina Legnani, Sergey Legat, Olga Peobrajenska and Pavel Gerdt.

Today The Australian Ballet has launched a 10 part web series, A year inside The Australian Ballet, following Senior Artist Amy Harris and Corps de ballet member Jake Mangakahia as they embark on our 50th anniversary. A new episode will be posted each month and are produced by Melbourne based videographers The Apiary.