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Based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s book “Der Sandmann,” the classical ballet “Coppélia” was first choreographed by Arthur St. Léon to the music of Léo Delibes. It is one of the greatest comic classical ballets in history, telling the whimsical tale of the easily fooled Frantz, his love Swanilda, and their encounters with old Dr. Coppélius, the town toy-maker and magician. Though Frantz originally pesters Dr. Coppélius, he is lured by the beauty of the scheming...
...curtains opened on the set of a quaint Austro-Hungarian village, Kuranaga took to the stage with flawless technique, embodying the spirit of the young, vivacious Swanilda with spunk. Madrigal portrayed a naïve and good-natured Frantz, complementing Kuranaga both in character and skill. The first act was light and playful—the dancers of the corps de ballet (the chorus of the Boston Ballet company) swished their period costumes in Balanchine’s authentic character dances. Character dances are stylized portrayals of folk or national dances...
...epilogue, you say that when you were first at home in the U.S., you found yourself looking over your shoulder. Do you still have that feeling? Like the Iranian government could come after you? Yes, sometimes I do. I wonder if they can still read my e-mails now that I'm in America. Do they follow me here? They made it seem like they have agents all over the world, and I know that they do have a lot of agents in different parts of the world. I know other former prisoners feel the same...
...Marios Velissarakos, 34, sells vegetables in one of Athens' many street markets. He says he and his customers are already suffering from the recession and the first two rounds of austerity measures. But he expects things to get worse before they get better. "Of course there will be more measures," he says as two gray-haired women haggle over bundles of wild greens, adding that he hopes people will go to the streets to protest when there are. "Maybe in 10 years we will see if things get better." (Read "Greek Austerity Measures Spark Rising Protests...
...first major votes in Europe since the economic crisis struck, conservative and extreme-right parties swept the first round of Hungary's parliamentary elections on Sunday, toppling the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party and demonstrating how angry people are in one of the worst-hit countries on the continent...