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A DELIGHFULLY COMEDIC TALE OF BUDDING ROMANCE. The rare full-length ballet highlighted by generous doses of comedy, Coppélia returns to the repertory to mark the 50th anniversary of Balanchine’s 1974 staging. Drawing on the Petipa production, Balanchine collaborated with the great Russian dancer Alexandra Danilova, renowned for her ...
23 wrz 2024 · This season’s performances — Sept. 27 to 29 and Oct. 5-6 — are City Ballet’s 50th anniversary celebration of the ballet. McBride rehearsing “Coppelia,” watched by, from left, Lincoln ...
A village in Galicia, once an Austro-Hungarian province on the Carpathian slope. A festival honors a new carillon for the town’s bell-tower. Dr. Coppélius, toy-maker, inventor, and magician exhibits his masterwork, Coppélia, a life-sized doll whom he thinks of as a daughter.
This season’s performances — Sept. 27-29 and Oct. 5-6 — are City Ballet’s 50th anniversary celebration of the ballet. “Coppelia” was first choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1870, and then reworked by Marius Petipa in 1884 into the version we know today.
Conductor: Andrew LittonChoreography by George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova after Marius Petipa
13 wrz 2024 · My own fondness for this score goes all the way back to 2013, when I was asked, “Would you come and conduct Coppélia at New York City Ballet?” I had certainly heard of the ballet and was familiar with the mazurka and the famous waltz from the radio, but I didn't know it otherwise.
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