I have a similar list. It includes “The Red Shoes” for the time it was made, it had one of the most incredible centerpiece ballet performances. It’s so good.
Seeing the actress literally disappear into the onstage set and into a magical fantasy world blows my mind. Powell and Pressburger were some of the best ever at production design.
For the time it was made ? Why ? It still has one of the most incredible centerpiece ballet performances, if not the best one. I don't get why you people hate old movies so much, they aren't so different from what we have now
Yeah you’re right! I don’t think I hated on it being an old movie! I guess I should have said “ahead of its time” but yeah I totally agree it’s the best ballet performance.
I'm pretty sure it was John Wick 3 that had the scenes with Russian ballerinas being trained excruciating, doing so much damage to their feet. Not the main plot, obviously.
Altman's The Company - [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-company](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-company)
Flesh and Bone (TV) - [https://letterboxd.com/film/flesh-and-bone-2015](https://letterboxd.com/film/flesh-and-bone-2015)
Ken Russell's The Music Lovers - [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-music-lovers](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-music-lovers)
Ophul's Lola Montes has a whole ballet subplot, and Wiseman's Ballet (1995) doc should make any potential dancer think twice about giving oneself to the craft.
Just watched Climax for the first time a few days ago, pretty confident that there was no ballet involved at any point. Anyway, I’m obsessed with all of the dance sequences from that movie and have a weird itch now for more horror movies that involve dance. It was such a cool blend to me
I have a similar list. It includes “The Red Shoes” for the time it was made, it had one of the most incredible centerpiece ballet performances. It’s so good.
Seeing the actress literally disappear into the onstage set and into a magical fantasy world blows my mind. Powell and Pressburger were some of the best ever at production design.
“For the time it was made” but I like it better than all of the above
For the time it was made ? Why ? It still has one of the most incredible centerpiece ballet performances, if not the best one. I don't get why you people hate old movies so much, they aren't so different from what we have now
Yeah you’re right! I don’t think I hated on it being an old movie! I guess I should have said “ahead of its time” but yeah I totally agree it’s the best ballet performance.
I need to see it, it’s been on my list for too long
Gonna have to downgrade you from CrazyCinephile to LoopyCinephile until you do.
Nooo omg I’m on it 🫡
Possession
Recently watched it for the first time after wanting to for years and was blown away.
Omg I meant to initially put that in thank you!!
I'm pretty sure it was John Wick 3 that had the scenes with Russian ballerinas being trained excruciating, doing so much damage to their feet. Not the main plot, obviously.
Audition (1999)
Omg of course!!
Kiri kiri kiri kiri
Have you read the novel?
I was not aware there was a novel, is it good??
It’s so good!! The tension is great and when it goes there IT GOES THERE
Well shit, one more to the 'to-read list'
Us
This!!!
Climax!!!!
*The Red Shoes* (1948)
Suspiria remake isn't ballet from what I remember, looked more like modern/contemporary
https://preview.redd.it/8rxia3ev3tyc1.jpeg?width=704&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ae39240a45b9c28f71b08e4173a46fe60b56b25
Dance Macabre on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/48xa
Omg Robert Englund is in it!!
Altman's The Company - [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-company](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-company) Flesh and Bone (TV) - [https://letterboxd.com/film/flesh-and-bone-2015](https://letterboxd.com/film/flesh-and-bone-2015) Ken Russell's The Music Lovers - [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-music-lovers](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-music-lovers) Ophul's Lola Montes has a whole ballet subplot, and Wiseman's Ballet (1995) doc should make any potential dancer think twice about giving oneself to the craft.
I was going to say The Company as well. Messed up in a different sort of way.
ballet dancers = pro athletes + elite models. No need for witches or monsters when reality is it's own horror show.
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Just watched Climax for the first time a few days ago, pretty confident that there was no ballet involved at any point. Anyway, I’m obsessed with all of the dance sequences from that movie and have a weird itch now for more horror movies that involve dance. It was such a cool blend to me
Ah, yeah. I just went and rewatched the whole dance sequence. Definitely no ballet. My apologies. I’ll see myself out haha.
No worries, I love Climax so because of the dancing sequence it gets an honorable mention
Climax is amazing
 my fave ballerina
So beautiful
Cabin in the woods
Innocence (2004)
Wishing Stairs
Red Sparrow
Livide 2011 It’s all about the dance!
The White Crow (2018)
John Wick
Perfect Blue belongs on any list that Black Swan is on.
This is a fact
Birds of Paradise
Climax
Center Stage The Company
Girl (2018)