The Dutch National Ballet take centre stage in this production of Minkus's opera recorded live at the Amsterdam Music Theatre in 2010. Former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky, has added his own choreography, while still retaining the flavour of Marius Pepita's 1869 original version. Performers include Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, Peter de Jong and Karel de Rooij.
Plisetskaya Dances has been hailed as “One of the most popular dance films ever made” (Dance Film Directory). Featured are excerpts of Plisetskaya performing excerpts from over a dozen of her greatest roles, including a mesmerizing complete performance of The Dying Swan and rare scenes from Romeo and Juliet. Other dances who appear in the film are Vladimir Vasiliev, Dmitri Begak, Maris Liepa, and others.
Filmed live at La Scala in May 2006, the company can be seen in Natalia Makarova's well-known staging of Marius Petipa's "La Bayadere".