Ballet Austin's Coppelia [Review]

Courtesy Austinist  Sat, 05/08/2010 - 8:43am

www.balletaustin.org Coppelia ’s story rests on a few traditionally intriguing foundations: a lover’s quarrel, a crazy old man who thinks he’s Dr.

Frankenstein, and an inevitable happy ending. But this is all irrelevant. The success of Ballet Austin ’s latest show has little to do with familiarity or the dramatic merit of mechanical dolls and mad scientists; a lively score (composed by Leo Delibes and performed by the Austin Symphony), a cast of talented dancers, and the...


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