Ballet Boutique
Ballet Boutique at the Four Seasons Centre, 2007.
Overview
The Ballet Boutique, run entirely by volunteers, has two kiosks at the Four Seasons Centre open before and after all ballet performances and in intermissions, one on the main floor under the stairs and a smaller one in the Richard Bradshaw Aerial Amphitheatre on Ring 3.
Posters are available only at the upstairs kiosk, which has dancer signings during the intermissions. The upstairs boutique also has this season's repertoire CDs and DVDs, a fairly large DVD selection and some books, but for our complete selection of over 60 DVD titles and many ballet CDs, as well as clothing and ballet trinkets, visit the downstairs boutique.
For information, email merchandise@national.ballet.ca.
For mail orders of DVD's and CD's year-round you may leave a message with your Visa or Mastercard number and expiry date, with the name on your card, and the mailing address, on the Ballet Boutique's voicemail at 416-693-4496 (not before 7am or after 10 pm Eastern Standard Time). The voicemail is secure.
Shipping charges apply.
Please note that the Ballet Boutique is run entirely by volunteers so it may take us a day or more to get back to you.
All prices are in Canadian dollars and include tax.
Shipping Rates
For orders shipped within Canada
| Quantity | P&H | |
|---|---|---|
| CDs & DVDs | Up to 2 | $7 |
| 3 to 4 | $10 | |
| 5 to 6 | $13 |
For orders shipped to destinations within the US
| Quantity | P&H | |
|---|---|---|
| CDs & DVDs | Up to 2 | $10 |
| 3 to 4 | $13 | |
| 5 to 6 | $15 |
For orders shipped to destinations overseas $15.
| Quantity | P&H | |
|---|---|---|
| CDs & DVDs | Up to 2 | $15 |
| 3 to 4 | $18 | |
| 5 to 6 | $20 |
DVDs
All DVD's are compatible with NTSC (North America and Japan) televisions only, unless otherwise indicated.
DVDs featuring Karen Kain
- Giselle/Sleeping Beauty (Giselle in the former, Bluebird in the latter) $35
- Making Ballet with Karen Kain (James Kudelka's The Actress) $40
DVD's featuring dancers of the National Ballet of Canada
- Kudelka: The Four Seasons $35 d: Harrington, Goh, Hodgkinson, Lamy, Ransom. This DVD is compatible with both NTSC (North America and Japan) and PAL (rest of the world) televisions.
- Mrozewski: A Delicate Battle $25
- The Dancers' Story. $25. A History of the National Ballet of Canada
- Making Ballet with Karen Kain $40 ch: Kudelka The Actress; m: Chopin; d: Kain, Harrington, Tewsley, Ransom, Conn, Mears
- Sleeping Beauty/Giselle $35 ch: Nureyev, Wright; d: Tennant, Nureyev, Kain, Augustyn, National Ballet of Canada
The following titles are usually in stock.
- American Ballet Theatre at the Met $35
Fokine/Chopin: Les Sylphides; d: Baryshnikov, Balanchine/Delibes: Sylvia pas de deux; d: van Hamel, Bissell MacMillan: Triad Petipa/Minkus: Paquita - Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck $15
- Angelina Ballerina: Friends Forever $15
- Angelina Ballerina: In the Wings $15
- Angelina Ballerina: The Lucky Penny $15
- Angelina Ballerina: The Silver Locket $15
- Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On $15
- Balanchine (documentary) $35 includes selections from Chaconne, Agon, Symphony in C, Apollo, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Western Symphony
- Ballet Class for Beginners $20
- Ballet Favourites
Ashton/Hérold: La Fille mal Gardée Clog Dance and Maypole Dance
Petipa/Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Grand Pas de deux; d: Collier, Dowell, Royal Ballet
Coralli/Adam: Giselle, Mad Scene, Wilis; d: Mezentseva, Zaklinsky, Kirov Ballet
Petipa/Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Garland Waltz & Rose Adagio; d: Kolpakova, Kirov Ballet
MacMillan/Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Dance of the Knights and Bedroom pdd; d: Ferri, Eagling, Royal Ballet
Petipa/Minkus: La Bayadère Kingdom of the Shades; d: Paris Opera Ballet
MacMillan/Britten: Prince of the Pagodas Act III pdd; d: Bussell, Cope
Petipa/Minkus: Don Quixote Act I; d: Harvey, Baryshnikov - Ballet for Boys $25
- Ballet Shoes $25 Noel Streatfeild's classic tale, starring Emma Watson
- Baryshnikov Dances Sinatra $35 Three ballets by Twyla Tharp, each featuring stunning solos by Baryshnikov:
The Little Ballet Baryshnikov, Deidre Carberry, and three other American Ballet Theatre dancers in a sweet-tempered, fluid work to music by Alexander Glazunov that makes subtle allusions to the dreamer-hero --
elusive-heroine ballets of the 19th century.
Sinatra Suite Baryshnikov and Elaine Kudo evoke the less innocent world of Sinatra's moody, bittersweet voice, from the tender "Strangers in the Night" to the tough and contentious "That's Life."
Push Comes to Shove A witty and affectionate tribute to a major ballet company -its casual rehearsal behavior and backstage commotion, as well as its traditional grandeur and polished performing. - Baryshnikov Live at Wolf Trap $25
Saint-Leon/Delibes: Coppélia pas de deux; d: Baryshnikov, Kirkland
Fokine/von Weber: Le Spectre de la Rose; d: Baryshnikov, Tcherkassky
Jacobson: Vestris; d: Baryshnikov
Petipa/Minkus: Don Quixote pas de deux; d: Baryshnikov, Kirkland - Bayadère, La $35 ch: Petipa; m: Minkus; d: Guérin, Hilaire, Platel, Letestu, Paris Opera Ballet
- Billy Elliot. The hilarious, touching story of the coalminer's son who wants to be a ballet dancer. $25.
- Bolshoi Ballet in the Park $35
Fokine/Chopin: Les Sylphides; d: Bessmertnova
Grigorovich/ Khachaturian: Spartacus Act II; d: Mukhamedov
Petipa/Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty pdd; d: Ananiashvili
Petipa/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Black Swan pdd; d: Semizorova
Petipa/Minkus: La Bayadère
Spring Waters
Golden Age
Petipa/Minkus: Don Quixote grand pdd - Born to Be Wild: Leading Men of ABT $25 d: Corella, Malakhov, Stiefel, Carreño
- Bringing Balanchine Back $25 Includes excerpts from Serenade, Glass Pieces, Western Symphony; d: Tewsley, Whelan, Ansanelli, Millepied, New York City Ballet
- Carmen $25 ch: Roland Petit; d: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Zizi Jeanmaire
- Celia Franca Tour de Force $30.
- Center Stage $20 d: Stiefel
- Cinderella $35 ch: Ashton; m:Prokofiev; d: Sibley, Dowell, Grant, Ashton, Royal Ballet
- Cinderella 2 DVDs $70 ch: Nureyev; m: Prokofiev; d: Paris Opera Ballet
- Coppelia $35 Saint-Léon, Petipa, Cecchetti, van Praagh; m: Delibes; d: Pavane, Horsman, Australian Ballet
- Corsaire, Le $35 ch: Petipa; m: Minkus; d: Asylmuratova, Ruzimatov, Kirov Ballet
- Dancers' Story $25 A history of the National Ballet of Canada. d: Côté, Goh
- Dancing for Mr. B: Six Balanchine Ballerinas. A documentary celebrating Mary Ellen Moylan, Maria Tallchief, Melissa Hayden, Allegra Kent, Merrill Ashley and Darci Kistler. Along with Suzanne Farrell, Tanaquil le Clerq and Diana Adams, they are seen in excerpts including Concerto Barocco, Serenade, Symphony in C, Firebird, Stars and Stripes, Ballo Della Regina, Chaconne, Agon, Four Temperaments, Apollo and Scotch Symphony. $35.
- A Delicate Battle $25 ch: Mrozewski; d: National Ballet of Canada
- Don Quixote $35 ch: Petipa; m: Minkus; d: Baryshnikov, Harvey, American Ballet Theatre
- Don Quixote $35 ch: Petipa, Nureyev; m: Minkus; d: Nureyev, Aldous, Helpmann, Australian Ballet
- Dream, The $35 ch: Ashton; m: Mendelssohn; d: Ferri, Stiefel, Cornejo, American Ballet Theatre
- The Fiddle and the Drum $25 ch: Grand-Maître; m: Joni Mitchell; d: Alberta Ballet
- Fille mal Gardée, La $35 ch: Ashton; m: Hérold; d: Collier, Coleman, Royal Ballet
- Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership $25. Includes Ashton; m: Chopin: Marguerite and Armand.
- Forty Years of One Night Stands: The Story of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet $35
- Four Seasons, The $35 ch: Kudelka; d: Harrington, Goh, Hodgkinson, Lamy, Ransom, dancers of the National Ballet of Canada
- Giselle $35 ch: Wright after Perrot, Coralli, Petipa; m: Adam; d: Kain, Augustyn, National Ballet of Canada also includes The Sleeping Beauty
- Giselle $35 ch: Perrot, Coralli, Petipa; m: Adam; d: Nureyev, Seymour, Mason, Bavarian State Opera Ballet
- Giselle BLU-RAY $60 ch: Wright after Perrot, Coralli, Petipa; m: Adam; d: Cojocaru, Kobborg, Royal Ballet
- Great Pas de Deux $25
Spring Waters; d: Bylova, Nikonov
Le Corsaire; d: Fonteyn, Nureyev
Prince of the Pagodas; d: Bussell, Cope
Swan Lake (Matthew Bourne); d: Cooper, Ambler
Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan) bedroom pdd; d: Ferri, Eagling
Nutcracker; d: Collier, Dowell
Manon; d: Penney, Dowell
Swan Lake; d: Makhalina, Zelensky
A Month in the Country; d: Makarova, Dowell
Le Corsaire; d: Asylmuratova, Neff
Spartacus; d: Mukhamedov, Bessmertnova
Sleeping Beauty; d: Kolpakova, Berezhnoi
Don Quixote; d: Harvey, Baryshnikov - Hans van Manen 2 DVDs $50
Déjà Vu, Solo, Kammerballett, The Old Man and Me; d: Nederlands Dans Theater
Frank Bridge Variations, Two Pieces for Het d: Dutch National Ballet - Hans van Manen Festival $35
Adagio Hammerklavier d: Dutch National Ballet
Simple Things d: Nederlands Dans Theater II
Trois Gnossiennes d: Lopatkina, Kozlov
5 Tangos d: Lacarra, Bottaini
Twilight d: de Jongh, Zhembrovsky - Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About $35
- Jiři Kylián $50
Svadebka, Symphony of Psalms, Torso; d: Nederlands Dans Theater - Jewels $50, Blu-Ray $60 ch: Balanchine; m: Fauré, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky; d: Dupont, Gillot, Letestu, Osta, Pujol, J-G. Bart, Belarbi, M. Ganio, Paris Opera Ballet
- Kameliendame (The Lady of the Camellias/La Dame aux Camélias) $50 ch: Neumeier; m: Chopin; d: Haydee, Lischka, Hamburg Ballet
- Kirov Celebrates Nijinsky $25
Shéhérazade ch: Fokine; m: Rimsky-Korsakov; d: Zakharova, Ruzimatov
Le Spectre de la Rose ch: Fokine; m: von Weber; d: Ayupova, Kolb
Polovtsian Dances ch: Fokine; m: Borodin; d: Bamuradov, Rassadina
Firebird ch: Fokine; m: Stravinsky; d:Vishneva, Yakovlev - Kirov Classics $35
Fokine/Chopin: Chopiniana (Les Sylphides)
Vinogradov/Stravinsky: Petrushka
Vinogradov/Barber: Barber's Adagio
Petipa/Minkus: Le Corsaire pdd
Legat: The Fairy Doll
Saint-Léon: Markitenka
Petipa/Minkus: Paquita d: Asylmuratova, Zaklinsky, Kirov - Making Ballet with Karen Kain $40 ch: Kudelka; m: Chopin; d: Kain, Harrington, Tewsley, Ransom, Conn, Mears, Anderson
- Manon $35 MacMillan; m: Massenet; d: Dowell, Penney, Royal Ballet
- Mayerling $35 MacMillan; m: Liszt; d: Mukhamedov, Durante, Royal Ballet
- Margot. This gripping film about Fonteyn uncovers a mountain of archive footage, including memorable performances with Nureyev, and meets with those who danced with her, knew her, and loved her. $45.
- A Midsummer Night's Dream. BLU-RAY $60 ch: Balanchine; m: Mendelssohn; d: Pacific Northwest Ballet
- My First Ballet Collection $35 Includes 26 excerpts from The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, La Fille mal Gardée, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Giselle, Sylvia, Cinderella, and Coppélia, performed by Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet
- Napoli $35 ch: Bournonville; d: Villumsen, Hindberg, Royal Danish Ballet
- Natasha $25 Natalia Makarova in performance with the following partners
Saddler: On Your Toes : Tim Flavin
MacMillan: Romeo and Juliet: Anthony Dowell
Petit: Carmen: Denys Ganio
Petit: Proust Remembered: Denys Ganio
Gennaro: Begin the Beguine: Gary Chryst
Béjart: Bach Sonata : Denys Ganio
Fokine: Prelude From Les Sylphides
MacMillan: Manon : Anthony Dowell
Fokine: The Dying Swan
Ashton: A Month in the Country : Anthony Dowell - Nederlands Dans Theater Celebrates Jiři Kylián $50
Bella Figura: d: NDT I
Sleepless: d: NDT II
Birth-Day: d: NDT III - New York City Ballet Workout 1& 2 2-pak $50
- Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness. $25.
- Nutcracker $35 ch: Baryshnikov; d: Baryshnikov, Kirkland, American Ballet Theatre
- Return of the Firebird (Bolshoi) $40
- Romeo & Juliet $35 ch: MacMillan; m: Prokofiev; d: Ferri, Eagling, Royal Ballet
- Romeo & Juliet $35 ch: MacMillan; m: Prokofiev; d: Fonteyn, Nureyev, Royal Ballet
- Romeo & Juliet $40 ch: MacMillan; m: Prokofiev; d: Ferri, Corella, La Scala
- Romeo & Juliet $35 ch: Nureyev; m: Prokofiev; d: Paris Opera Ballet
- Romeo & Juliet $35 ch: Lavrovsky; m: Prokofiev; d: Ulanova, Bolshoi Ballet
- Royal Ballet, An Evening with the $35
ch: Fokine; m: Chopin Les Sylphides; d: Fonteyn, Nureyev
ch: Petipa; m: Minkus Le Corsaire pas de deux; d: Fonteyn, Nureyev
ch: Ashton; m: Ravel: La Valse: artists of the Royal Ballet
ch: Petipa; m: Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Act III (Aurora's Wedding); d: Fonteyn, Blair - Sleeping Beauty $35 ch: Petipa, Nureyev; d: Tennant, Nureyev, Kain, Augustyn, National Ballet of Canada also includes Giselle
- Sleeping Beauty $35 ch: Petipa, Nureyev; m: Tchaikovsky; d: Dupont, Legris, Paris Opera Ballet
- Sleeping Beauty BLU-RAY $60 ch: Petipa; m: Tchaikovsky; d: Cojocaru, Bonelli, Royal Ballet
- Spartacus $35 ch: Grigorovich; m: Khachaturian; d: Mukhamedov, Bessmertnova, Bolshoi Ballet
- Stability with Mobility. $40. An innovative exercise program specifically created to stretch, stabilize, and strengthen dancers so that they can perform at their best. 2 hours of exercises designed by consultant physiotherapist at the National Ballet of Canada, Ginette Hamel, demonstrated by Heather Ogden.
- Swan Lake $40 ch: Petipa, Ivanov; m: Tchaikovsky; d: Fonteyn, Nureyev, Vienna State Opera Ballet
- Swan Lake $35 ch: Petipa, Ivanov; m: Tchaikovsky; d: Makarova, Dowell, Royal Ballet
- Swan Lake $35 ch: Petipa, Ivanov; m: Tchaikovsky; d: Kirov Ballet
- Swan Lake $35 ch: Petipa, Ivanov; m: Tchaikovsky; d: Hart, Schaufuss, London Festival Ballet
- Swan Lake BLU-RAY $60 ch: Petipa, Ivanov; m: Tchaikovsky; d: Thiago Soares, Marianela Nuñez, Royal Ballet
- Swan Lake BLU-RAY $60 ch: Nureyev; m: Tchaikovsky; d: Letestu, Martinez, Paris Opera Ballet
- Sylphide, La $50 ch: Lacotte after Taglioni; d: Paris Opera Ballet
- Sylphide, La $35 ch: Bournonville; m: Løvenskjold; d: Hübbe, Jeppesen, Englund, Royal Danish Ballet
- Sylvia BLU-RAY $60 ch: Ashton; m: Delibes; d: Bussell, Bolle, Royal Ballet
- Tales of Beatrix Potter $30 ch: Ashton; m: Lanchbery; d: Royal Ballet
- Video Dictionary of Classical Ballet (2 DVDs) $60.
- Visual Dictionary of Ballet for Children $35.
- West Side Story $20
- William Forsythe: From a Classical Position $25
- rld's Young Ballet. A fascinating look at the world of international ballet competitions with a young Mikhail Baryshnikov competing and winning in Moscow in 1969. $25.
- Zizi Jeanmaire Dances Roland Petit $35
Carmen; m: Bizet; d: Jeanmaire, Petit, Ballet de Paris
Le Jeune Homme Et La Mort (The Young Man and Death); m: Bach; d: Jeanmaire, Nureyev
La Croqueuse De Diamants (The Gold Digger); d: Jeanmaire, Sanders
There are no DVD's available of the following ballets:
- Hynd: The Merry Widow
- Cranko: Onegin
- Cranko: Romeo and Juliet
- Cranko: Taming of the Shrew
- MacMillan: Elite Syncopations
- Lander: Etudes
- Kudelka (National Ballet of Canada): Cinderella
- Kudelka (National Ballet of Canada): The Nutcracker
CDs
| Composer | Ballet Title | Price (incl. tax) |
| Prokofiev | Cinderella - Complete Ballet | $25 |
| Delibes | Coppelia | $25 |
| Vivaldi | Dextris | $25 |
| Minkus | Don Quixote | $20 |
| Joplin | Elite Syncopations | $30 |
| Herold | La Fille Mal Gardée | $30 |
| Vivaldi | The Four Seasons | $14 |
| Hindemith | The Four Temperaments | $25 |
| Adam | Giselle | $30 |
| Glass | Glass Pieces/In the Upper Room | $25 |
| Riisager | Etudes | $30 |
| Chopin | In the Night | $14 |
| Tchaikovsky | Nutcracker | $25 |
| Tchaikovsky | Nutcracker | $14 |
| Tchaikovsky | Onegin | $40 |
| Prokofievr | Romeo & Juliet | $25 |
| Tchaikovsky | The Sleeping Beauty | $40 |
| Martinu | Soldiers' Mass| $30 |
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| Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake | $24 |
| Bizet | Symphony in C | $14 |
| Tchaikovskyr | Nutcracker/Swan Lake/Beauty | $14 |
Please note that the CD of the ballet The Merry Widow is sold out and discontinued by the manufacturer.