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By Ruth Ridgway, 16 June 2024

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“All the elements – dance, sets, costumes, lighting and music, combined to uplift and entertain”

Reviewed at QPAC: Playhouse, Brisbane on 14 June 2024

Coppélia (Greg Horsman)

Queensland Ballet

Nigel Gaynor, Conductor

Hugh Colman, Set Designer

Nolene Hill, Costume Designer

Jon Buswell, Lighting Designer

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Laura Tosar, Dancer

Alexander Idaszak, Dancer

Queensland Ballet: rhapsodic conclusion to an entertaining program

Ruth Ridgway, 22nd February

This short program of highlights is an enjoyable ballet ‘taster’ to take on tour.

***11

ENBS Summer Performance highlights versatility and technical skill

Maggie Foyer, 11th July

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.

****1

Balanchine’s Coppélia: 50 years strong

Ivy Lin, 29th September

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

*****

Czech National Ballet shine in Ronald Hynd's Coppélia

Maggie Foyer, 16th May

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

****1

Scottish Ballet's Coppélia: live filming adds an extra dimension

Graham Watts, 3rd March

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.

***11

National Ballet of Japan: Petit’s Coppélia charms its live audience

Naomi Mori, 24th February

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.

****1

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Ruth Ridgway

Ruth, from Brisbane, Australia, has been writing about dance since 2000. Music and dance are her most abiding passions. She learned classical ballet in her youth, and later attended adult classes for many years. She also became a committed Latin and Argentinian tango dancer. Currently, she sings alto in a chamber choir. After a long career in publishing and communications as a writer and editor, Ruth studied archaeology and now works in a completely different field as a technical officer in the Queensland Museum.