In the Royal Swedish Opera archives can be found a unique collection of video recordings of ballet performances, student performances, tours and rehearsals. Ballet video recordings have been made regularly since the late 1960s and even some films from the 1950s are also included. In addition, a limited number of opera performances can be found. It may be said that the history of the Royal Swedish Ballet from the second half of the 20th century is documented in the recordings. This historical material is invaluable to dancers, choreographers, teachers, researchers and students. All this material is unfortunately beginning to deteriorate from ageing. The material is also unavailable for viewing due to the fact that playback machines of the type required to view this older material are very scarce or nonexistent.

The goals of this project are:
- to make available to the public a unique and a valuable collection from the Royal Swedish Opera's historical archives,
- to rescue the recordings from further deterioration and transfer the information to modern viewing equipment,
- to organize and catalogue the recordings in a database according to production and dancer, in order to make the information more accessible.