The unabashedly old-fashioned “Coppélia” has emerged from the closet, looking as sunny as ever, not a minute over 149 years and yet somehow timeless. The setting is a Bavarian village where people in ...

“Coppélia” is returning to the Poway Center for the Performing Arts in two performances this weekend. This is the first time Southern California Ballet has staged the complete two-hour ballet since ...

Just as "Giselle" is one of the great tragedy ballets, "Coppelia" is one of the great comedy ballets. It dates to 1870, originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Leon along with the delightful music of ...

Avery Berry, at left, portrays the life-like doll Coppelia in the ballet of the same name, while Nina Dunleavy has the role of Swanhilda, a village maiden who becomes distressed when her boyfriend ...

What do you do when your love rival is a doll? Ballet Repertory Theatre of New Mexico choreographer Alex Ossadnik said “Coppélia” explores this question when Franz falls in love with a doll, leaving ...

Dr. Coppélius is a lot like Albert Einstein. At least that is how Anthony Noa thinks of the eccentric toymaker Coppélius, who is obsessed with bringing to life one of his creations, a beautiful doll ...

This cute little black-haired Muscovite is pure Tinkerbell, mercurial and irresistible, with the flightiest jump and the fleetest feet imaginable. She has a sparkle that no classroom can teach, and ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — With all the big, dramatic, metaphorical story ballets that have come down to us through the ages, it's a little surprising that "Coppélia" has had such staying power. For 150 years ...

On a recent Saturday morning, in an over-100-year-old former church near Stillwater, a ballet student glided across the hardwood floor before leaping upwards. “Use your arms to help you in the ...

If Leo Delibes' "Coppelia" is high on your list of beloved ballets, rest assured: Ballet Arkansas' executive and artistic director, Michael Fothergill, says the only change he has made for his company ...