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English National Ballet School presented a full summer programme with excerpts from traditional ballets and new works showing the technical proficiency of the students as they aim for jobs in the profession.

Coppélia is a gift from Balanchine and Danilova to classical ballet, in this 50th anniversary revival.

Queensland Ballet’s delightful Coppélia is fresh and funny, without being superficial.

Czech National Ballet are well suited to Ronald Hynd's delightful production of Coppélia.

The integration of an onstage camera shooting live action film is not new, but Jess and Morgs are perfecting the art of adding this extra dimension to live performance.

National Ballet of Japan performed Roland Petit’s Coppélia in front of a live audience for the first time, showing the company to be in great form.

A mixed bag from the ENB repertoire to greet the summer solstice at the Royal Festival Hall. 

Roland Petit's Coppélia by The National Ballet of Japan was streamed to more than 30,000 online viewers, entertaining people forced to stay home during the holidays. 

A slick and stylish celebration at the Coliseum of this great company's achievements over 70 years.

A ballet of charming nonsense, led by a triumvirate of exceptional performances 

A warm and charming Coppélia performed by Julio Bocca's excellent young Uruguayan company.   

Coppelia's convincing cartoon world with some great dancing by soloists De Jongh and Camargo and comedic genius by Yanowsky.

This version of Coppélia is a testament to Balanchine’s ability to accept the history of dance with equanimity and grace.

This is not a story about a prince or princess; there are no fairies, no spells, no swans. And yet it is an entirely enchanting story...

The Scottish Concert Orchestra and Russian State Ballet of Siberia keep the Christmas spirit alive with Music and Dance at the Ballet at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

Coppelia is based on a story by a German (E.T.A. Hoffman’s The Sandman), was first turned into a ballet by Frenchmen (the music is by Delibes) and staged in Paris with an Italian ballerina, and was then revived and made popular by Russians. This production has choreography by another Frenchman, Roland Petit, and has been brought to London by Moscow’s Stanislavsky Ballet.

Beautifully imagined, Boston Ballet’s Coppélia delights with its charming sets, colorful costumes and charismatic leads. A storybook come to life, this ballet tells the fanciful tale of young love gone awry amidst a set of peculiar circumstances true to fairytale form.

Coppélia is one of the more light-hearted of the full-length classical ballets. Based very loosely on Hoffmann’s more macabre short story Der Sandmann, the plot revolves around the tempestuous relationship of its protagonists, Swanilda and Franz; and the work of the inventor Dr Coppélius, who is both brilliant and barmy.