Performing Arts
Performance Arts have been generally merged into the more classical forms of stagecraft, ie. Ballet, Dance, Opera, Theatre and Gilbert & Sullivan, and are listed by title below. Performing music, both studio and live performance are best found under "Music Capsule".
Right: The spectacular troupe of "Cirque du Soleil".
Pavarotti - The Essential (1982)
Starring: Luciano Pavarotti
A royal gala performance, featuring Luciano Pavarotti accompanied by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Arias include 'Nessun Dorma' from Puccini's 'Tu... Read more
Piaf: Her Story Her Songs (2003)
7.3/10
Director: George Elder, Raquel Bitton
Starring: Raquel Bitton, Marcel Cerdan Jr, Francis Lai
Raquel Bitton pays her one woman tribute to the late great Edith Piaf with this concert interweaving 20 of the songbird's finest with stories about he... Read more
Pina (2011)
7.7/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders pays tribute to the work of brilliant avant-garde German choreographer Pina Bausch. When Bausch tragically died of cancer two days before... Read more
Pina ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
7.7/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Pina Bausch
Wim Wenders pays tribute to the work of brilliant avant-garde German choreographer Pina Bausch. When Bausch tragically died of cancer two days before... Read more
Polina ( Polina, danser sa vie ) (2016)
6.8/10
Director: Angelin Preljocaj, Valerie Muller
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Anastasia Shevtsova, Alexsey Guskov
A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography. A modern dance piece like Fred Astaire and Gene Ke... Read more
Porgy and Bess (1993)
7.4/10
Director: Trevor Nunn
Starring: Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Da...
The Gershwin's musical masterpiece 'Porgy and Bess' is one of America's greatest works. This production was directed by Trevor Nunn and is based on hi... Read more
Powder Her Face (1999)
Director: Gerald Fox
Starring: Mary Plazas, Heather Buck, Dan Norman, Graeme Broadbent
A contemporary opera, written in 1995 by 24-year-old Thomas Ades, it is based on the life of the brazen and flamboyant Duchess of Argyll as she recall... Read more
Puppetry of the Penis (2001)
5.7/10
Starring: Simon Morley, David Friend
Just when you thought you'd seen it all...Aussie blokes Simon Morley and David Friend began performing their 'genital installations', triggering a glo... Read more
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013)
7/10
Director: Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin
Starring: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Mariya Alyokhina, Ekaterina Samutsevich
Three young women face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial in a case that ha... Read more
Razzle Dazzle (2007)
6.5/10
Director: Darren Ashton
Starring: Kerry Armstrong, Ben Miller, Nadine Garner, Tara Morice, Denise Roberts, Jane Ha...
The bizarre world of children's dance competitions gets the satirical treatment in this Australian mockumentary about a dance teacher and his troupe a... Read more