The Bolshoi is one of the world’s great powerhouses of classical ballet. Under director Vladimir Urin and ballet director Makhar Vaziev, the company continues to look as sharp as a razor, its dancers ...

The Bolshoi's new production of Coppélia could have been staged entirely for the benefit of Natalia Osipova. Dancing Swanilda, the ballet's flirty, feisty heroine, she gets to show off her unique and ...

Swanhilda notices her fianceé Franz is infatuated with the beautiful Coppélia who sits reading on her balcony each day. Nearly breaking up the two sweethearts, Coppélia is not what she seems and ...

"Coppelia" has long been regarded as one of the world's most beloved story ballets, staged across the globe since its premiere more than a century ago. But in the United States in recent decades, its ...

Natalia Osipova is one of those dancers, like the Royal Ballet's Marianela Nuñez and New York City Ballet's Ashley Bouder, who makes you feel twice as alive the moment she comes on stage, and the ...

It might seem curious that a bouncy little pixie in a bright apron and a peasant blouse is ballet’s Wonder Woman, but this is the revelation of “Coppelia,” the comic ballet that, in a genre full of ...

A doll come to life, love triangles, illusions, doubles - the story of Coppelia is just as intriguing and fanciful today as it was when it premiered in 1870, with original choreography by Marius ...

The Bolshoi’s performance of the ballet Coppelia will be screened live at Eden Cinemas next Sunday at 5 p.m. Coppelia was premiered in 1870 at the Paris Opera (The National Academy of Music and Dance) ...

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