Coppelia
Some ballets get better with age. The romantic ballet Coppelia has an inbuilt scope for innovation. It remains fresh because of the wonderful music, clever, sometimes sublime choreography, the strong narrative, and the infinite variety of dolls that can be introduced into doctor Coppelius' workshop in the second act. The costumes, sets and character development of Swanhilda, Franz & Dr Coppelius, is representative of the romantic period but has more modern and contemporary elements as Coppelia was the last of the romantic ballets. The roots of classical ballet go back to renaissance Europe (1300-1600) in the palaces of Italian princes and dukes. Court Ballets (Ballet De Cour) were presented during elaborate banquets, festivities and celebrations. Steps and movements were based on social dances of the day and were more elegant versions of folk and peasant dances. This can be seen in the third Act with Arthur Saint - Leon (the original choreographer) including an adapted version of a "csardas" a Hungarian folk dance, into the ballet. These court ballets usually ended with performers and audience members dancing together. Ballet started as relaxed social celebrations and then became more profess
She symbolizes youth and reality although her character does mature and develop as she realizes the possible consequences of her actions. The story ends happily for Swanhilda as she gets to marry her fiance Franz. Curiosity gets the better of him and climbs up a ladder to sneak into the mysterious house. Then there are dances that illustrate the uses to which the bell will be put: the call to prayer, work, the announcement of a marriage, the call to arms and, finally, the declaration of peace, in which we see Swanhilda and Franz express their true love. CHOREOGRAPHER & CHOREOGRAPHIC STYLEThe talented choreographer Arthur Saint-Leon was a close friend of Charles-Louis-Etienne Nuitter the originator of Coppelia. People suffered badly during the wars and therefore the romantic period offered color, fantasy, fairytales and folk legends for society to follow. He choreographed adeptly, musically, and with a view to please the many, tough, audience's in this fading romantic period. Incorporation of national dances in ballets (for which he was criticized in his day) became a mainstay of the Petipa ballets that followed. The costumes in his section worked closely with the setting and were quite traditional to the romantic period. The artist who performs the role of Dr Coppelius must have strong acting and miming abilities as his display of emotion is crucial in the development of the storyline. The arm line was broken by a bending of the wrists. Coppelius arrives, angry that his doll has been ruined by Swanhilda, but the Duke placates him by giving him a purse of gold too. The full skirts dropped to just below the knee so that as the dancer landed from any aerial work, the skirts always fell slowly after the dancer had landed. Franz also is punished for his actions as Doctor Coppelius takes control of him and uses him as an experiment. Franz appears; Coppelius seizes him and threatens to punish him.
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