Cervantes' tale of the incompetent knight Don Quixote has inspired countless artistic interpretations. Marius Petipa choreographed this scintillating ballet about the encounters of the man from La Mancha and his faithful squire Sancho Panza. At its center are virtuosic roles for the lovers Basilio and Kitri.
Cervantes' tale of the incompetent knight Don Quixote has inspired countless artistic interpretations. Marius Petipa choreographed this scintillating ballet about the encounters of the man from La Mancha and his faithful squire Sancho Panza. At its center are virtuosic roles for the lovers Basilio and Kitri.
Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.
Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.
American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.
The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas led him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
A man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from "Saturday Night Fever".
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.