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Coppélia

A ballet favourite remixed: KVN Dance Company’s Coppélia

June 23, 2026September 3, 2021 by David Mead

A deeper, slightly darker look at what is usually a pretty lightweight ballet. A fine production full of energy and brilliant designs

Categories Reviews UK Tags Coppélia Kevan Allen KVN Dance Company

A darker, deeper take on a classic: Kevan Allen’s Coppélia

June 23, 2026August 15, 2021 by David Mead

There are just so many holes in the traditional story. I think there’s so much more that can be done with it. I’m very attracted to the darker side of it.

Categories News & Features UK Tags Coppélia Kevan Allen KVN Dance Company

A summer special: English National Ballet’s Solstice

June 23, 2026June 18, 2021 by Charlotte Kasner

A little early maybe, but ENB’s Solstice at the Southbank proved a delicious smorgasbord of dance

Categories Reviews UK Tags Akram Khan Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Ben Stevenson Coppélia English National Ballet Kenneth MacMillan Le Corsaire Marius Petipa Ronald Hynd Sleeping Beauty Southbank Centre Stina Quagebeur Swan Lake William Forsythe

National Ballet of Japan in Roland Petit’s Coppélia

May 7, 2021May 6, 2021 by David Mead

A ballet of wit and humour

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 DVDs, Films, Online Streamings, Books, Exhibitions Japan/日本 Reviews Tags Coppélia National Ballet of Japan Roland Petit

English National Ballet’s 70th anniversary gala

June 23, 2026January 20, 2020 by Charlotte Kasner

A glittering evening

Categories Reviews UK Tags Akram Khan Annabelle Lopez Ochoa August Bournonville Ben Stevenson Christopher Bruce Coppélia English National Ballet George Balanchine Giselle Harald Lander Kenneth MacMillan La Sylphide Leonid Massine Roland Petit Romeo & Juliet Rudolf Nureyev Sleeping Beauty William Forsythe

Looking back, looking forwards with Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Chi Cao

June 23, 2026August 9, 2018 by David Mead

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s recently retired principal dancer in conversation

Categories News & Features UK Tags Birmingham Royal Ballet Chi Cao Coppélia Giselle La Fille mal gardée Nao Sakuma National Ballet of China (中央芭蕾舞團) Nutcracker Romeo & Juliet

Ballet meets circus: Feathers of Daedalus in Coppélia

June 23, 2026August 14, 2017 by David Mead

An innovative circus meets dance take on the familiar tale

Categories Reviews UK Tags Coppélia Edinburgh Festival Fringe Feathers of Daedalus

Sakuma masterful as Swanilda in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Coppélia

June 23, 2026June 15, 2017 by David Mead

Nao Sakuma sparkles as Swanilda

Categories Reviews UK Tags Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham Royal Ballet Coppélia

Computer-controlled mannequins, a rock-star homage and a bubble-blonde Coppélia

December 28, 2016 by David Mead

Mannequins become break-dancers, David Bowie and a James Bond in Dutch National Ballet’s Coppelia

Categories Rest of Europe Reviews Tags Coppélia Dutch National Ballet

Just getting on with it: Sir Peter Wright’s life in dance

February 17, 2017June 28, 2016 by David Mead

Wrights and Wrongs: My Life in Dance – Peter Wright with Paul Arrowsmith

Categories DVDs, Films, Online Streamings, Books, Exhibitions Reviews Tags Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham Royal Ballet Coppélia Giselle Nutcracker Pina Bausch The Royal Ballet

Ballett Zürich’s The Sandman

July 2, 2026June 13, 2016 by David Mead

A gripping tale with no happy ending

Categories Reviews Switzerland Tags Ballett Zürich Coppélia
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