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Coppelia
Coppelia
Gallery Ballet Presents:
Coppelia  2008
Swanhilda pretends she is Coppelia and performs a doll dance.  Then she sets all the clockwork toys to work to release Franz from a spell.
They escape, leaving Dr. Coppelius heartbroken.  As the town celebrates a new bell with the Dances of the Hours, Swanhilda apologizes to Dr Coppelius for her deception and dances with Franz.
Coppelia
1870, Paris
Choreography:  Arthur Saint-Leon
Music: Leo Delibes

Franz and Swanhilda live in a small town where Dr. Coppelius has a toyshop.  His favorite doll, Coppelia, is so lifelike that Franz falls in love with her.  Furious, Swanhilda creeps into the shop with her friends to investigate.

Suddenly Dr. Coppelius returns, so Swanhilda hides and changes into the doll's clothes.  Franz climbs up a ladder to look at Coppelia.  Dr. Coppelius grabs him, and with magic spells tries to use Franz's energy to make the doll come alive.
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