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Work: Coppélia

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ComposerDelibes, Léo (1836-1891)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeDance
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BudapestLittle Coppélia

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Delibes: Coppélia
Dace Radina; Hungarian National Ballet; Hungarian National Ballet Institute; Nóra Rományi; Zsombor Czeglédi

PragueCoppélia

© Serghei Gherciu
Delibes: Coppélia
Ronald Hynd; Arthur Saint-Léon; Marius Petipa; The Czech National Ballet; Václav Zahradník; Roberta Guidi di Bagno

VilniusCoppélia

© Marijus Jacovkis
Delibes: Coppélia
Martynas Rimeikis; Lithuanian National Ballet; Ričardas Šumila; Modestas Barkauskas; Marijus Jacovskis; Elvita Brazdylytė
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BRB’s Sir Peter Wright Centenary: a fitting tribute

Sir Peter Wright Centenary with Birmingham Royal Ballet © Johan Persson
A splendid evening of celebration for Sir Peter Wright at the Birmingham Hippodrome focusing on excerpts from his own classical ballets and The Green Table by Kurt Jooss.
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At NYCB, Fairchild bids adieu in her final performances of Coppélia

Megan Fairchild as Swanilda and Robert La Fosse as Dr Coppélius in Balanchine’s Coppélia © Erin Baiano
Megan Fairchild pours her heart into her final performances of Coppélia at New York City Ballet.
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ENBS Summer Performance highlights versatility and technical skill

English National Ballet School in Graduation Ball © Pierre Tappon
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.
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Self-portrait of ETA Hoffmann © Public domain
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Nußknacker und Mausekönig, illustrated copper plates after original drawings by P. C. Geißler © Staatsbibliothek Bamberg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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