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- DirectorBess KargmanStarsAran BellRebecca HouseknechtJoan Sebastian ZamoraA documentary that follows six young dancers from around the world as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsPina BauschRegina AdventoMalou AiraudoA tribute to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.
- DirectorElise SwerhoneNine girls take part in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Dancers, the few that make it to the next year, they have the chance to become professional ballet dancers, but the others, they may never get the chance.
- CreatorSamantha StraussJoanna WernerStarsXenia GoodwinAlicia BanitDena KaplanFifteen-year-old Tara Webster's dream of dancing comes true when she gets into a top dance academy. She soon realizes dancing is only half the battle.
- CreatorLamar DamonAmy Sherman-PalladinoStarsSutton FosterKaitlyn JenkinsJulia Goldani TellesMichelle, a Las Vegas showgirl marries a man on a whim and moves to his sleepy coastal town where she winds up working alongside her new mother-in-law at her dance school.
- StarsAllison DeBonaMadeleine GardellaPaul Michael BloodgoodSeries goes behind the stage curtain for an intense, unfiltered look at one of the most competitive ballet companies in the country, Ballet West, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Beneath the beauty and glamour of the dance and costumes is a gritty dog-eat-dog world of extreme athleticism, focus, dedication, passion, pressure and, of course, the hunt for the unattainable perfection
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsAmanda SchullEthan StiefelSascha RadetskyA group of teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
- DirectorRobert DornhelmEarle MackStarsGrace KellyAngelina ArmeiskayaMichaela CernaA documentary on the Kirov School of Ballet in Russia, narrated by Princess Grace of Monaco.
- DirectorFrederick WisemanStarsEmilie CozetteAurélie DupontDorothée GilbertThe film follows the production of seven ballets by the Paris Opera Ballet.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
- DirectorBertrand NormandStarsTaylor AshAltynai AsylmuratovaDiane BakerThis documentary gives insight to the lives of five ballerinas, all at different points in their careers. Looking at the operations of the Vagonova Academy and the Mariinsky Theatre, the life of a ballerina is disclosed.
- DirectorBeadie FinziStarsIrlan Santos da SilvaIsabela Coracy Alves Nascimento SantosMariza EstrellaTwo young kids try to dance their way out of the favelas of Rio.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsChi CaoBruce GreenwoodKyle MacLachlanIn Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
- DirectorSteven JacobsonStarsKenny WormaldRachele Brooke SmithSarah Jayne JensenA self-trained dancer from the streets of Detroit finds her way after auditioning for the most prestigious ballet academy in New York.
- DirectorTony CashStarsMikhail BaryshnikovShirley MacLaineAntoinette SibleyA documentary about renowned ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov.
- DirectorAlan BrownStarsRyan SteeleReed LuplauCatherine MillerThe coming of age tale of an extraordinarily gifted young dancer recently arrived in New York City.
- DirectorSerene Meshel-DillmanEvery Christmas season, The Nutcracker Ballet is performed in cities all over the world. What does it really take to produce this ballet each year? Our documentary film, Getting to The Nutcracker, takes you inside the Herculean effort involved in gathering the resources, assembling the volunteers, casting the dancers, rehearsing and staging the performances of this classic ballet. Los Angeles-based Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, led by the former Kirov star, takes you behind the curtain from auditions, the rigorous hours of rehearsals, the joy of landing a principal role to the pain of losing one. The dancers (boys and girls ages 3-18) are profiled; passionate people who, with their families, make incredible sacrifices of time and money just so that they may dance.
- DirectorJody Lee LipesStarsJustin PeckTiler PeckSterling HyltinFrom first rehearsal to world premiere, Ballet 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as emerging choreographer Justin Peck crafts a new work.
- DirectorNelson GeorgeStarsMisty CopelandDeirdre KellySusan Fales-HillA feature documentary on African American ballerina Misty Copeland that examines her prodigious rise, her potentially career ending injury alongside themes of race and body image in the elite ballet world.
- CreatorMoira Walley-BeckettStarsSarah HayBen DanielsEmily TyraA talented but emotionally troubled dancer runs away to New York City and quickly finds herself immersed in the cutthroat world of professional ballet.