Martine Van Hamel

As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.

Onstage at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, the American Ballet Theatre presents a variety of numbers from several recognized ballets, both traditional and modern, including Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet," Gottschalk's "Great Galloping Gottschalk," Tchaikovsky's "The Black Swan," Handel's "Airs" and Chausson's "Jardin aux Lilas." The San Francisco Opera Orchestra provides accompaniment for the dazzling performances.

Witness three wonderful ballets performed live on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. "Sylphides" stars legend Mikhail Baryshnikov, "Sylvia" features a lovely duet and "Paquita" is full of energetic Spanish-style choreography. The American Ballet Theatre performers display their incredible talent and amazing versatility through this beautiful collection of memorable ballets.

Les Sylphides is a short, non-narrative ballet blanc to piano music by Frédéric Chopin, selected and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov.

The ballet tells the story of a peasant girl named Giselle whose ghost, after her premature death, protects her lover from the vengeance of a group of evil female spirits called Wilis