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

Bruno Micchiardi as Dr Coppélius in Jess and Morgs' Coppélia

Bruno Micchiardi and Constance Deverney-Laurence in Jess and Morgs' Coppélia

Scottish Ballet with Constance Devernay-Laurence as Swanhilda in Jess and Morgs' Coppélia

Scottish Ballet in Jess and Morgs' Coppélia

Constance Devernay-Laurence and Bethany Kingsley-Garner in Jess and Morgs' Coppélia

By Graham Watts, 05 March 2023

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“this is Coppélia but not as we know it”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 3 March 2023

Coppélia (Morgann Runacre-Temple, Jessica Wright)

Scottish Ballet

Annemarie Woods, Costume Designer

Scottish Ballet Orchestra

Constance Devernay-Laurence, Dancer

Bruno Micchiardi, Dancer

Jerome Anthony Barnes, Dancer

Bethany Kingsley-Garner, Dancer

Icy worlds collide in Scottish Ballet's euphoric Secret Theatre

Graham Watts, 21st December

Jess and Morgs continue to break the mould of tired dance films by directing their first full-length feature, which offers much more than just a different way of presenting dance.

*****

New lines on the dancefloor: New work with Wayne McGregor | Random Dance at Kings Place

Jaime Robles, 20th September

I was fortunate to see Wayne McGregor’s choreography set on the San Francisco Ballet several years back, so I was eager to see Random Works, which was performed this past weekend in Kings Place’s Hall One. Random Works wasn’t McGregor’s choreography, but rather the work of ten young choreographers. McGregor is listed as the programme’s curator.

****1

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.

*****

A Coppélia coming to you from Hahndorf, South Australia

Ruth Ridgway, 14th June

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

*****

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

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.