Afternoon events, Ballet

• Written by: Derek Deane

Choreographer Derek Deane's highly dramatic version of the Tchaikovsky ballet is performed in the round, featuring 60 swans which glide across the arena floor. Artist director Tamara Rojo performs the role of Odette/Odile in some performances.

• Written by: Christopher Moore

A ballet choreographed by the company's artistic director Christopher Moore, based on Lewis Carroll's novel and set to music by Tchaikovsky.

The star pupils put on a show of traditional dance like ballet and tap, alongside modern faves including zumba and cheerleading.

Professional principal dancers lead a cast of almost 100 young people, in a traditional staging of Tchaikovsky's classical ballet.

Ballet performances by students from five to 18 years.

A fun weekly class set to a variety of music. We begin with traditional barre work before progressing to centre. While the foundation of classical technique is taught, the focus is on fitness and fun! Wear comfortable clothing but not too loose. Ballet classes can be done in bare feet or soft ballet shoes.

The company presents a full-length ballet featuring Tchaikovsky's musical score and original choreography by Christopher Moore. Highlights include The Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy, The Waltz Of The Flowers, The Russian Trepak, The Dance Of The Reed Pipes and the Waltz Of The Snowflakes.

A full-length classical ballet set to Adolphe Adam's music, telling the story of the love between a nobleman's son and a village maiden, a love so powerful it reaches beyond the grave.

New England's first professional ballet company hits Old Blightey, with artistic director Mikko Nissinen at the helm.

Choreographer and solo performer Gerhart Bonher on the making of Im (Goldenen) Schnitt I.

A varied programme of dance to include: Garden scene from La Bayadere and Moods Mode, a new creation by Cassandra Jacobs.

For those who have never been to a ballet class before. Breathe deeply and gently dip your pointed toes into the bubble bath that is the world of the ballet. This class will introduce you to the five positions of the feet, the basic ports de bras and the fundamentals of classical ballet technique. We will learn a simple…

Beautiful ballet.

Curator of Dance Odysseys films Nele Hertling shares her thoughts on dance on celluloid.

The dance pupils of London Studio Centre strut their stuff in this showcase of first and second years.

Relationships come into focus in extracts from the canon of Scottish Ballet’s Founding Artistic Director Peter Darrell, and new collaborators James Cousins and Helen Pickett. Darrell’s poignant Five Rückert Songs embodies the feelings in Friedrich Rückert’s poetry on love, loss and loneliness with lingering steps and…

Loosely based on Byron's poem of the same name, Le Corsaire is a thrilling tale about a pirate's love for a harm girl.

• Written by: Dominic Marshall

Emma Lister, Amy Drew, Lorien Slaughter and Brendan Bratulic alternate the roles of Swanilda and Franz, supported by a large cast of younger dancers. Choreographed by Janet Lewis and Dominic Marshall.

A classical performance of the festive favourite.

Central Scotland Ballet present their fantastical dance showcase.

This is a filmed documentary on Jirí Kylián’s life, way of thinking and most significant creations. Shot in 2011 in The Hague, Prague, Monte Carlo and Paris with Sabine Kupferberg dancing as Kylián rehearses some of his works. Film directed by Christian Dumais-Lvowski and Don Kent.

Gedling Ballet School, based in Carlton and Gedling, warmly welcomes you to a varied programme of ballet, contemporary, jazz and tap, performed by pre-school children up to advanced level students.

Choreographed in 1932, The Green Table is known as Kurt Jooss’s masterpiece. In this film of a performance in the 1960s by Folkwang Ballet, the dancers include a young Pina Bausch. Portrait of Mary Wigman: at the end of the roaring twenties Mary Wigman provoked a real revolution in the world of dance.