Coppélia is a comic ballet with a CDS twist. Be quick, they have sold
out two years in a row.
Coppélia, the perfect way to start your school holidays.This is a
comic ballet with a CDS modern twist. You will find a fantastic
display of many dance genres as we tell you the story of Coppélia. A
wonderful introduction for under 5's to dance, an inspirational
performance for the young dancer or a lovely family outing - our April
performances cater for everyone.The full story.........
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Act IThe story begins during a town festival in celebration of a new
town bell that is due to arrive in the coming days. Anyone who wants
to be married on that day will be awarded with a special gift of
money. Swanilda is engaged to Franz and plans to marry during the
festival. Swanilda asks Franz if he loves her and he answers yes, but
she senses a lack of sincerity in his reply. She becomes unhappy with
her fiancé because it seems he is more interested in getting another
girl’s attention. The girl is Coppélia who sits on the toy-maker
Dr. Coppelius’s balcony reading all day long, paying no heed and
showing no care for anyone trying to be social with her. Franz is
mesmerized by her beauty and is determined to get her attention.
Swanilda is deeply hurt by his distractions and feels he does not love
her despite his answers.Because she doesn’t trust his words,
Swanilda decides to turn to an old wive’s tale for guidance. She
holds up an ear of wheat to her ear; if it rattles when she shakes it,
then she will know that he loves her. She shakes the wheat furiously,
but no rattle can be heard. Confused and upset, she has Franz do the
same thing. He tells her it does rattle. She does not believe him and
runs away heartbroken.When Dr. Coppelius leaves his house, he is
heckled by a group of small boys. After running them off he finally
goes on his way not knowing that he dropped his keys in the process of
chasing the boys away. Swanilda finds his keys and is determined to
find out more of Coppélia. She and her friends decide to go inside
Dr. Coppelius’s house. Meanwhile, Franz develops his own plan to
meet Coppélia. He climbs up a ladder to Coppélia's balcony.
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Act IISwanilda and her friends find themselves in a large room filled
with people, but these people aren't moving. The girls discover that
these are not people, but life-size mechanical dolls. They quickly
wind them up and watch them move. In her searching, Swanilda finds
Coppélia behind a curtain and discovers that she, too, is a doll.When
Dr. Coppelius returns home, he finds the girls in his house. He
becomes angry not only for getting into his house, but for also
messing up his workroom, and kicks the girls out. Dr. Coppelius begins
cleaning up the mess and notices Franz coming into the window. Instead
of shooing him away, he invites him in. Dr. Coppelius wants to bring
Coppelia to life and in order to do that, he needs a human sacrifice.
His magic spell will take Franz’s life and transfer it to Coppélia.
Dr. Coppelius gives Franz some wine laced with sleeping powder and
Franz begins to fall asleep. Dr. Coppelius then readies his magic
spell.When Dr. Coppelius kicked the girls out, Swanilda stayed and hid
behind a curtain. Swanilda dresses up in Coppelia’s clothes and
pretends to come to life. She wakes up Franz and quickly escapes by
winding up all of the mechanical dolls. Dr. Coppelius becomes saddened
to find a lifeless Coppélia behind the curtain.
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Act IIISwanilda and Franz are about to say their vows when the angry
Dr. Coppelius shows up. Feeling bad for causing such a mess, Swanilda
offers Dr. Coppelius her dowry in return for his forgiveness.
Swanilda's father tells Swanilda to keep her dowry. He pays Dr.
Coppelius instead because it was a special day. Swanilda kept her
dowry and Dr. Coppelius was awarded his own bag of money. Swanilda and
Franz get married and the entire town celebrates by dancing.
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Know the full story of Coppélia spot our twists at the show and you
will be able to enter a competition at the performance and go in the
draw to win some great prizes!
Treats (healthy ones too!) available at our Cafe and a mini market
full of goodies - start your holidays with a magical memory.
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