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Swan Lake
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Year of Premiere: 1877, Brief Plot Summary: A princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse.
The Nutcracker
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Year of Premiere: 1892, Brief Plot Summary: On Christmas Eve, a young girl named Clara is whisked away into a magical world of a Nutcracker prince and his battle against the Mouse King.
The Sleeping Beauty
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Year of Premiere: 1890, Brief Plot Summary: The story of a princess cursed to sleep for a hundred years until awakened by a prince's kiss.
Giselle
Composer: Adolphe Adam, Year of Premiere: 1841, Brief Plot Summary: Giselle, a peasant girl, falls in love with a nobleman disguised as a villager, dies of heartbreak after discovering his deceit, and becomes a protective spirit.
Coppélia
Composer: Léo Delibes, Year of Premiere: 1870, Brief Plot Summary: A love-struck boy becomes infatuated with a lifelike doll, Coppélia, prompting jealousy from his fiancée.
Don Quixote
Composer: Ludwig Minkus, Year of Premiere: 1869, Brief Plot Summary: Inspired by Cervantes' novel, this ballet traces the adventures of Don Quixote and his quest to find his ideal woman, Dulcinea, alongside the love story of Kitri and Basilio.
La Bayadère
Composer: Ludwig Minkus, Year of Premiere: 1877, Brief Plot Summary: The tragic tale of a temple dancer named Nikiya, her lover Solor, and the princess who comes between them.
Le Corsaire
Composer: Adolphe Adam et al., Year of Premiere: 1856, Brief Plot Summary: A pirate, Conrad, falls in love with a beautiful harem girl, Medora, and embarks on a daring rescue after she is kidnapped.
Romeo and Juliet
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev, Year of Premiere: 1938, Brief Plot Summary: Shakespeare's classic tale of two star-crossed lovers and their feuding families in Verona.
Spartacus
Composer: Aram Khachaturian, Year of Premiere: 1956, Brief Plot Summary: The story of Spartacus, the leader of a slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
Raymonda
Composer: Alexander Glazunov, Year of Premiere: 1898, Brief Plot Summary: Raymonda is betrothed to a knight who goes off to war. In his absence, she has to fend off the advances of another suitor.
Cinderella
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev, Year of Premiere: 1945, Brief Plot Summary: A downtrodden young woman whose fortune is changed by a fairy godmother and a royal ball, where she meets her prince.
Petrushka
Composer: Igor Stravinsky, Year of Premiere: 1911, Brief Plot Summary: The story of a Russian traditional puppet, Petrushka, who is brought to life and possesses human emotions.
The Firebird
Composer: Igor Stravinsky, Year of Premiere: 1910, Brief Plot Summary: A magical firebird helps a prince rescue a princess from an evil sorcerer.
The Rite of Spring
Composer: Igor Stravinsky, Year of Premiere: 1913, Brief Plot Summary: An avant-garde ballet that evokes the ancient rituals of a pagan Slavic tribe, culminating in a sacrificial dance.
Les Sylphides
Composer: Frédéric Chopin, Year of Premiere: 1909, Brief Plot Summary: A romantic reverie ballet that depicts a poet dreaming of beautiful sylphs in a moonlit forest.
Apollo
Composer: Igor Stravinsky, Year of Premiere: 1928, Brief Plot Summary: The young god Apollo is instructed in the arts by three muses: Terpsichore, Calliope, and Polyhymnia.
Sylvia
Composer: Léo Delibes, Year of Premiere: 1876, Brief Plot Summary: The story centers on Sylvia, a nymph attendant to Diana, and her love for the shepherd Aminta, thwarted by the hunter Orion.
L'après-midi d'un faune
Composer: Claude Debussy, Year of Premiere: 1912, Brief Plot Summary: A faun encounters several nymphs and engages with them in a series of seductive dances.
Paquita
Composer: Édouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus, Year of Premiere: 1846, Brief Plot Summary: A young Spanish noblewoman is saved by a French officer who later discovers that she is of noble birth as well.
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