Bolero (disambiguation)

Bolero is a Cuban genre of song developed in the late 19th century.

Bolero may also refer to:

Music and dance

• Bolero (Spanish dance), a 3/4 dance that originated in Spain in the late 18th century
• Boléro (Chopin), an 1834 piano work
• Boléro, an orchestral work by Maurice Ravel, originally commissioned as a ballet score by danseuse Ida Rubinstein which premiered in 1928
  • Boléro, choreography by Bronislava Nijinska, designs by Alexandre Benois, Ida Rubinstein Ballet (Paris Opéra, 1928)
  • Boléro, choreographed by Maurice Béjart, Ballet of the 20th Century (La Monnaie, 1961)
  • B/olero, choreographed by Ohad Naharin, Batsheva Dance Company

Albums

• Boleros (Tete Montoliu album), 1977
• Bolero (Mr. Children album), 1997
• Boleros (Juan Gabriel album), 2010
• Bolero, an album by Stanley Jordan, 1994
• Bolero, an album by Isao Tomita, 2008
• Boléro (Larry Coryell album), 1981
• Boleros, an album by José Cura
• Bolero, an album by Raffaella Carrà, 1984
• Bolero (Haustor album), 1985

Songs

• "Bolero - A Peacock's Tale", an instrumental portion of the King Crimson song "Lizard" featured on the 1971 album of the same name
• "Bolero", a 1980s pop song by German singer Fancy
• "Bolero / Kiss the Baby Sky / Wasurenaide", a 2009 CD single by Tohoshinki
• "Bolero", a song composed and interpreted by Italian singer Claudio Baglioni
• "Beck's Bolero", a rock instrumental composition recorded by English guitarist Jeff Beck in 1966

Film

• Bolero (1934 film), a film starring George Raft and Carole Lombard
• Bolero (1942 film), a French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer
• Bolero (1984 film), a film directed by John Derek
• Bolero, a 1990 video-art film by Sabri Kaliç
• Bolero, a 1992 short animation film by Ivan Maximov
• Bolero, U.S. title of the 1981 French film Les Uns et les Autres
• The Bolero, a 1973 short documentary film
• Boléro (2024 film), a French biographical film directed by Anne Fontaine

Transportation

• Mahindra Bolero, a line of SUVs produced by Indian company Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
• SEAT Bolero, a concept car from SEAT, shown in 1998
• MS Bolero, a Romanian ferry in service 1996–2000
• Gin Bolero Plus, a South Korean paraglider design

Other uses

• Bolero jacket, a short jacket with long sleeves, also known as a "shrug"
• Bolero (horse), a dressage horse and notable sire
• Bolero, an Image Comics publication
• Bolero (magazine), published by Ringier in Switzerland
• Operation Bolero, codename for the World War II American troop buildup in the United Kingdom in preparation for D-Day

See also

• Balero, a cup-and-ball game