Children's Ballets

Harlequinade, Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Photo © Paul Kolnik

Click on any ballet title for a description. Images and audio clips are available for most of the selections.

Each of the 18 ballets in the list below features children as members of the cast:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
An American in Paris
Carnival of the Animals
Circus Polka
Coppélia
Double Feature
Firebird
Garland Dance
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™
Harlequinade
Mother Goose
Mozartiana
Romeo  + Juliet
Scènes de Ballet (Wheeldon)
Songs of the Auvergne
Swan Lake (full-length, Martins)
The Sleeping Beauty
Union Jack

The ballets listed below, while not featuring children in the cast, are particularly accessible and suited to the enjoyment of young people:

Fancy Free
Fanfare
Jeu de Cartes
Prodigal Son
Romeo and Juliet (balcony scene)
Scotch Symphony
Stars and Stripes
Swan Lake (one act, Balanchine)
The Concert (or The Perils of Everybody)
The Four Seasons
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Variations Sérieuses
Vienna Waltzes
Western Symphony
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