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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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