Coliseum, LondonRoland Petit's Coppélia opened in London last week, danced by Moscow's Stanislavsky Ballet and starring Sergei Polunin. It's not a good production. The original work, created in 1870 by Arthur St-Léon, with music by Léo Delibes, shows how two young lovers, Frantz and Swanilda, outwit the mysterious Doctor Coppélius. Swanilda is exasperated by Franz's fascination with Coppélia, a beautiful young g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on July 13, 2013