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2	[[caption-width-right:300:Tutu? Check. Pretty girl? Check. Tchaikovsky? BIG CHECK.[[note]]Pictured: Alina Somova, principal ballerina of the Mariinsky Ballet, as Princess Aurora in ''Theatre/SleepingBeauty'' -- score by Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky.[[/note]]]]
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4	Think [[TutuFancy tutus]], [[DaintyLittleBalletDancers pretty girls]], and [[Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky Tchaikovsky]].
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6	An index of ballets and works focused on ballet. To qualify, the work must either be a ballet or a ballet adaptation of an existing work, or have a primary focus on ballet and/or ballet dancers.
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8	For more information on the art itself, see [[UsefulNotes/{{Ballet}} the Useful Notes page]].
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10	See also: {{Theatre}}, {{Opera}}[[note]]to which ballet is strongly linked[[/note]], and BalletEpisode. Related tropes like DaintyLittleBalletDancers, StraightToThePointe, and TutuFancy all have varying levels of TruthInTelevision. CreepyBallet is when ballet is PlayedForHorror or [[PlayedForDrama Drama]].
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12	!!Notable ballets:
13	[[index]]
14	* ''Theatre/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''
15	* ''Literature/AnnaKarenina''
16	* ''Theatre/LaBayadere''
17	* ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}''
18	* ''Theatre/{{Checkmate}}''
19	* ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}''
20	* ''Theatre/{{Coppelia}}''
21	* ''Literature/DonQuixote''
22	* ''Theatre/FallRiverLegend''
23	* ''[[Theatre/LaFilleMalGardee La Fille Mal Gardée]]''
24	* ''Theatre/TheFirebird''
25	* ''Theatre/{{Giselle}}''
26	* ''Literature/LikeWaterForChocolate''
27	* ''Theatre/{{Manon}}''
28	* ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''
29	* ''Theatre/TheNutcracker''
30	* ''Theatre/{{Raymonda}}''
31	* ''Theatre/TheRiteOfSpring''
32	* ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''
33	* ''Theatre/{{Shurale}}''
34	* ''[[Literature/SleepingBeauty The Sleeping Beauty]]''
35	* ''Literature/TheSteadfastTinSoldier''
36	* ''Theatre/SwanLake''
37	* ''Theatre/LaSylphide''
38	* ''Theatre/TheWintersTale''
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41	!!Works with major involvement of ballet:
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43	* Creator/LesBalletsTrockaderoDeMonteCarlo, a comedy ballet troupe which is comprised of professional ballet dancers (many of whom had danced with companies before joining) which spoofs the art... in drag. Notable for having men performing female roles en pointe -- and doing so quite well -- and for being very, ''very'' funny.
44	* ''Literature/AngelinaBallerina:'' A book series about a ballet-loving mouse (later adapted into two animated shows, ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina'' and ''Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps'').
45	* Isabelle Palmer, the 2014 Girl of the Year for ''Literature/AmericanGirl'', heavily focuses on ballet and attends a special dance school along with her older sister Jade. Many of her outfits were ballet themed.
46	* The ''Literature/BadNewsBallet'' series by PenName Jahnna N. Malcolm focuses on five girls who are beginner ballet dancers--each of which has a different reason for not wanting to be in their lessons initially at all.
47	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ballerina}}:'' (aka: ''Leap!'') an animated movie about a French girl who runs away from her orphanage (with the help of her best friend) to fulfil her dream of joining a prestigious Parisian ballet school and win the part of Klara in the Paris debut of Theatre/TheNutcracker.
48	* ''Literature/BalletShoes'': A book about three adopted girls living in 1930's England. Together they are being trained in dance, with varying degrees of success. The youngest sister Posey is the daughter of a ballerina, who gave her up to focus on her career. She's the one of the sisters that have the most success.
49	* ''[[https://vimeo.com/201477887 Base Instruments]]'', part three of the ''Theatre/MrsHawking'' play series, involves the murder of a ballerina with the Mariinsky Ballet in 1883, and a fellow dancer who is seeking justice for her. The main character, the steampunk superhero Victoria Hawking, also has a background in ballet.
50	* ''Film/BillyElliot'': A young boy rebels against the prejudices of his working class friends and family to pursue his love of ballet. Set during the mining strikes of Thatcher's Britain.
51	* ''Film/BlackSwan'': The intense stress of life in a ballet company drives one dancer to paranoia and madness.
52	* ''Film/BrainDonors'': The plot revolves around shyster Roland Flakfizer's management of the Oglethorpe Ballet Company and its star-crossed leads. As a remake of ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', RuleOfFunny is the key motivation here.
53	* ''Series/{{Bunheads}}'': A ballet dancer-turned-showgirl clashes with her mother-in-law, a dance mistress who runs a ballet school in her home.
54	* ''Film/CenterStage2000'': Teen dancers at a competitive ballet school train for places in a well-known company.
55	* ''Manga/TheCherryProject'': About a figure skater training in ballet.
56	* ''Literature/CompanyIbukiYuki'': A novel about a salaryman who is transferred to Shikishima Ballet Company as a producer. The novel was also adapted into a [[Theatre/CompanyTakarazukaRevue musical]] by Creator/TakarazukaRevue.
57	* ''Series/DanceAcademy'': A teen drama series set at the fictional National Academy of Dance[[note]]based on the Australian Ballet School, which is actually located in Melbourne[[/note]] in Sydney, Australia.
58	* ''ComicBook/DanceClass'': Ballet is usually the main focus of the comic, though it does explore other dance styles as well such as street dancing, African folk dance, Tectonic dancing to name a few.
59	* ''Manga/DanceDanceDanseur'' is about a male high schooler who rediscovers his passion for ballet after giving it up to pursue another activity because ballet isn't considered manly and the challenges he faces in order to be freed from the shackles of masculinity.
60	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'': Three of the segments are based on famous ballet scores - ''The Nutcracker Suite'', featuring dancing fairies, flowers and, most famously, mushrooms; ''The Rite of Spring'', which depicts the evolution of life on Earth in a realistic fashion, with no dancing whatsoever; and ''Dance of the Hours'', starring a dancing troupe consisting of ostriches, hippos, elephants and crocodiles.
61	* ''Series/FindMeInParis'' is a teen time travel show set at the Paris Opera Ballet School.
62	* ''Series/FleshAndBone'': A young dancer escapes an abusive home-life to join a prestigious ballet company in New York.
63	* ''Literature/FlowersInTheAttic'' and its sequels, particularly ''Petals On the Wind'': Narrator Cathy trains in ballet from a very young age, eventually joining a ballet troupe and marrying the male lead. She and her husband are both well known in the art, and their son grows up to become a famous ballet dancer in his own right.
64	* ''Film/Girl2018'': A Belgian-Dutch film about a transgender girl attending a ballet school.
65	* ''Manga/LaMagnifiqueGrandeScene'': A {{shounen}} manga by Cuvie that follows a young girl who, after being enamored by her neighbor's performance, begins to find joy and beauty in ballet as she strives to become a professional dancer. Notable for its grounded, realistic take on the path to becoming a pro.
66	* ''Theatre/{{McQueen}}'': The mannequins and twins provide ballet during every change, in some fantasy sequences, and in as many scenes as Dahlia. Dahlia even joins in at one point.
67	* ''Theatre/{{Mrs Hawking}}'': The titular lead is a Victorian-era detective and superhero whose physical skills were in part developed by early training in ballet. Dance also represents something of a “road not taken” to the otherwise fairly monomaniacal hero.
68	* ''Film/PasDeDeux'': Short film of two ballet dancers, with optical printing and other special effects and enhancements to alter the image.
69	* In the musical version of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', Christine is a member of the Paris Opera's ''corps de ballet'' (though the bulk of the pointework is done by Meg Giry and the rest of the ''corps'', as Christines are cast primarily for their voices).
70	* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'': Combines ballet with a MagicalGirl and a FairyTaleFreeForAll story.
71	* ''Film/TheRedShoes1948'': Romance and ambition collide, tragedy ensues. Based loosely on the Creator/HansChristianAndersen tale of the same name.
72	* Romance novelist Creator/NoraRoberts wrote a trilogy of romance novellas centred around ballet dancers:
73	** ''Reflections'' is about Lindsay, a former prima ballerina with a major company who, after her retirement and opening her own ballet school, finds herself teaching a talented young dancer, Ruth, and falling in love with Ruth's uncle and guardian, Seth.
74	** ''Dance of Dreams'' follows Ruth from ''Reflections'', who, now grown up and a principal dancer with the same company her now-stepmother Lindsay had danced with, has to reckon with her long-buried feelings for her demanding dance partner and choreographer, Nikolai.
75	** ''Considering Kate'' centers on the titular Kate, a former principal dancer with the same company as Lindsay, Ruth, and Nikolai, who has retired and is opening her own school; she finds herself falling in love with single father Brody, the contractor remodeling the unfinished building for her new school.
76	* ''Manga/{{Subaru}}'': A manga with ballet as its main performed type of dance and story following the titular character's drive to become a professional ballet dancer.
77	* The six book ''Literature/SugarPlumBallerinas'' series focuses specifically on young black ballerinas at the Nutcracker School of Ballet in Harlem.
78	* ''Manga/{{Swan}}'': A {{shojo}} about a young ballet student striving ToBeAMaster.
79	* ''Literature/SweetValleyTwins'' has, among its other plots, a running plot of Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield taking ballet lessons regularly.
80	* ''Series/TinyPrettyThings'': A television series about a fictional Chicago ballet school.
81	* ''Film/TheTurningPoint1977'': Aging ballerina and her retired friend rehash old professional rivalry. Mikhail Baryshnikov's film debut. Received eleven Academy Award nominations, [[AwardSnub all of which it lost]].
82	* ''Literature/ReservedForTheCat'': Based on the story ''Literature/PussInBoots''. The main character is a French ballerina, who on the advice of her telepathic cat, masquerades as a famous Russian ballerina who is the sole surivor of a shipwreck and signs on to be the star of a music hall in Blackpool, England.
83	* ''Film/WhiteNights'': This 1985 film is about a great Russian male ballet dancer who defects from USSR and is recaptured by Soviets. Fortunately it stars a great ballet dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and features great dancing.
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