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Total trailers found: 37

Frederick Ashton's Tales of Beatrix Potter Trailer (2008)

07 June 2008

The Tales of Beatrix Potter is a 1992 ballet adapted for stage by Anthony Dowell from the 1971 film The Tales of Beatrix Potter that was choreographed by Frederick Ashton that in turn was based on the children's books by Beatrix Potter.

The Winter's Tale (The Royal Ballet) Trailer (2014)

10 April 2014

The story follows the destruction of a marriage through consuming jealousy, the abandonment of a child and a seemingly hopeless love.

The Nutcracker - The Royal Ballet Trailer (2021)

13 December 2021

The Royal Ballet brings their annual presentation of The Nutcracker to life, streamed in cinemas throughout the world.

The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet) Trailer (2020)

25 February 2020

The Royal Ballet presents the world premiere of Cathy Marston's first work for the Company on the Main Stage alongside a revival of Jerome Robbins’s timeless classic of pure dance.

Don Quixote (The Royal Ballet) Trailer (2014)

31 March 2014

Carlos Acosta's first venture directing one of ballet's 19th century classics was eagerly anticipated, as was his own starring role in the production (as Basilio), opposite the Argentinian Royal Ballet principal Marianella Nuñez (Kitri).

Manon (The Royal Ballet) Trailer (2018)

03 May 2018

Manon’s brother Lescaut is offering her to the highest bidder when she meets Des Grieux and falls in love.

Ashton Celebration Trailer (2013)

09 October 2013

This special program, performed at the Royal Opera House to mark the 25th anniversary of Frederick Ashton's death, presents five works that showcase his astonishing versatility, from compelling abstract ballets - such as the exuberant Voices of Spring and the radically modernist Monotones - to the tragic love story Marguerite and Armand, brought to life with 'performances of heart-wrenching intensity' (The Observer) by Tamara Rojo and Sergei Polunin.

A Month in the Country Trailer (2022)

29 April 2022

Ashton gracefully reimagines Turgenev's play A Month in the country as a one-act ballet where all the drama unfolds in the family's living room upon the arrival of dashing young tutor.

Romeo and Juliet Trailer (2022)

28 January 2022

Anna Rose O'Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé star in this 20th-century ballet masterpiece, brought to life by Prokofiev’s ravishing score and Kenneth MacMillan's evocative and detailed choreography.

The Royal Ballet: Mayerling Trailer (2022)

05 October 2022

Inspired by dark and gripping real life events, this Royal Ballet classic depicts the sexual and morbid obsessions of Crown Prince Rudolf leading to the murder-suicide scandal with his mistress Mary Vetsera.

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker Trailer (2018)

04 December 2018

Clara is given an enchanted Nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve. As midnight strikes, she creeps downstairs to find a magical adventure awaiting her and her Nutcracker.

La Bayadère (Royal Ballet) Trailer (2018)

13 November 2018

Set in the Royal India of the past, La Bayadère is a story of eternal love, mystery, fate, vengeance, and justice.

The Royal Ballet: Cinderella Trailer (2023)

12 April 2023

Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella celebrates its 75th anniversary this Season.

The Sleeping Beauty Trailer (2011)

15 December 2011

Lauren Cuthbertson, Sergei Polunin and Claire Calvert star in this true gem from the classical ballet repertory, set to Tchaikovsky's glorious music.

Woolf Works Trailer (2017)

08 February 2017

The first revival of Wayne McGregor’s critically acclaimed ballet triptych to music by Max Richter, inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf.

Royal Opera House: Coppélia Trailer (2017)

29 April 2017

A classic returns to the Royal Ballet repertory with Ninette de Valois’ charming and funny Coppélia– a story of love, mischief and mechanical dolls.

Royal Opera House: Don Quixote Trailer (2019)

19 February 2019

Don Quixote and his servant Sancho Panza set out to have a chivalrous adventure. They meet Kitri and Basilio, a young couple who cannot marry because Kitri's father is determined to marry her off to the wealthy Gamache.

The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand Trailer (2017)

07 June 2017

The Dream: Frederick Ashton’s delightful interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a classic of The Royal Ballet’s repertory.

Like Water for Chocolate Trailer (2023)

19 January 2023

Tita, who lives on a ranch in Mexico, falls in love with a boy, Pedro, who lives nearby; but when they want to get married, Tita's family prevents it, because she must remain single to take care of her mother.

The Sleeping Beauty Trailer (2006)

21 October 2006

Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty is one of the best loved of classical ballets, combining in a single work all the enchantment and virtuosity that ballet has to offer.

The Nutcracker Trailer (2016)

08 December 2016

The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker.

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Trailer (2015)

22 September 2015

Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest.

Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty Trailer (2020)

16 January 2020

The wicked fairy Carabosse is furious she wasn’t invited to Princess Aurora’s christening. She gives the baby a spindle, saying that one day the Princess will prick her finger on it and die.

Royal Opera House 2021/22: Swan Lake Trailer (2022)

19 May 2022

This classic fairy tale depicts the struggle between good and evil, and love's quest to conquer all. The magic of the lakes, forests and palaces is breathed into life through the splendid setting by John Macfarlane and the perfect score by Tchaikovsky.

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker Trailer (2015)

16 December 2015

The 2015 production of "The Nutcracker" by the Royal Ballet

La Bayadère Trailer (2011)

04 January 2011

Marius Petipa’s exotic ballet set in legendary India is a story of love, death and vengeful judgement.

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Trailer (2015)

09 May 2015

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – The Royal Ballet

Henze: Ondine Trailer (2009)

27 May 2009

‘Ondine’, a ballet by Frederick Ashton, premiered at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 27 October 1958, with Margot Fonteyn in the title role of the water nymph.

The Nutcracker Trailer (2022)

08 December 2022

Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed.

The Nutcracker Trailer (2009)

01 December 2009

This all-time ballet favourite, in which young Clara is swept into a fantasy adventure when one of her Christmas presents comes to life, is at its most enchanting in Peter Wright's glorious production.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Trailer (2017)

23 October 2017

One sunny afternoon, during a garden party, young Alice sees with surprise how the writer Lewis Carroll, a friend of her parents, unusually turns into a white rabbit, and immediately feels the irrepressible desire to follow him into a magical rabbit hole.

The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet Trailer (2019)

11 June 2019

Kenneth MacMillan's passionate choreography for Romeo and Juliet shows The Royal Ballet at its dramatic finest.

Mayerling Trailer (2019)

23 August 2019

Based on the true story of the death of Crown Prince Rudolf and his young mistress Mary Vetsera in 1889, Steven McRae and Sarah Lamb take on these challenging roles in a dark and intense ballet.

Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker Trailer (2013)

17 December 2013

A young girl's enchanted present leads her on a wonderful adventure in this classic ballet recorded at the Royal Opera House in London.

Giselle Trailer (2016)

06 April 2016

The peasant girl Giselle discovers the true identity of her lover Albrecht – and that he is promised to another.

The Royal Ballet: Don Quixote Trailer (2023)

07 November 2023

Don Quixote, based on Miguel de Cervantes’ epic novel of the same name, regales the adventures of the eccentric nobleman Don Quixote and his faithful squire Sancho Panza, as they help to bring a vivacious young couple, Kitri and Basilio, together.

Mayerling Trailer (2010)

06 April 2010

Edward Watson takes the role of Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan's compelling ballet which lives out the final eight years of Rudolf's life with its relentless downward spiral of political intrigue, drugs and murder.