List RulesBest ballets of all time. Vote up the best, most beautiful ballets.
Back before movies and television, some of the most popular forms of entertainment were live plays at the theatre, operas, symphony concerts, and ballet. While most of these forms of entertainment have faded away to a degree, ballet is still a very popular art form that is extremely powerful and inspirational. What are the best ballets of all time? There's more to this art form than just The Nutcracker.
Some of the most famous ballets of all time have remained classic greats for decades, and are still widely celebrated today. However, some modern ballets appear on this list as well.
This list features the best ballets in history, ranked as the best by the community and including, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Romeo & Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere, Le Corsaire, Cinderella, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Vote up the best ballet below or add one you love that isn't already on the list.
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1,776277Swan Lake
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2
1,183241The Sleeping Beauty
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3
1,527336The Nutcracker
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4
1,135237Giselle
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Théophile Gautier5
1,038217Romeo & Juliet
Sergei Prokofiev6
723155Don Quixote
Ludwig Minkus7
709161Coppelia
Léo Delibes, Charles Nuitter8
625144La Bayadere
Ludwig Minkus9
869259Spartacus
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597172Cinderella
Sergei Prokofiev11
546184Alice's Adventures in Wonder Land
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401119Manon
Jules Massenet, Leighton Lucas13
516180Firebird
Igor Stravinsky14
360108Le Corsaire
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges15
33096La Fille Mal Gardee
Jean Dauberval16
29786Raymonda
Alexander Glazunov,17
340109La Sylphide
August Bournonville18
330108Esmerelda
Cesare Pugni19
28083Paquita
Joseph Mazilier, Paul Foucher20
27681Sylvia
Léo Delibes21
18640The Flames of Paris
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25077Jewels
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Igor StravinskyJewels is a three-act ballet created for the New York City Ballet by co-founder and founding... more23
20053Gayanee
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23473The Pharaoh's Daughter
Cesare Pugni, Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges25
23275The Winter's Tale
Christopher WheeldonCharacters: Joby Talbot