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...latest revision by Director Ninette de Valois of that old charmer, Coppélia starring petite Ballerina Nadia Nerina, a whirlwind dancer, a vivacious actress and an impudent comedienne all at once. Coppelia, as generations of balletgoers know is a mechanical doll who all but wins the heart of a young man. Dolls of several nationalities dance in the dollmaker's workshop, elegantly costumed peasants gambol m the village square, and occasionally the story stops for a joyful pas de deux: in short, a delightful show...
...dancing lesson called "Konservatoriet" and the pas de deux from the "Flower Festival in Genzano," they found it-gay, pretty romanticism instead of the drawn-steel tension of the Diaghilev tradition, verve and enthusiasm instead of icy perfection. Surprise of the program was a snippet from Coppélia, choreographed in 1896 by Danish Hans Beck after the French ballet-master, Saint-Léon. If the Delibes music was as familiar as an old song, the peasanty dancing was like hearing it sung in another language, and audiences loved the piquant combination...
...soprano was at her best in modern selections, especially in the Air de Lia. Taken from Debussy's carly cantata L'Enfant Prodigue (for which he won the Prix de Rome), this aria is one of the most taxing in the repertoire. Miss Wheeler managed its wide range with case and made believable, even in a concert setting, the portrait of a bereaved mother's grief...
...lia, by Andre Maurois. A fine biography of the restless woman who called herself George Sand (TIME, Sept...
...pupil of famed Adolphe (Giselle) Adam, wrote with a symphonic fluidity that made much of the ballet compositions of his contemporaries sound like music for setting-up exercises. In all, he turned out about 20 operettas and operas (including Lakmé) and several ballets (Coppélia and La Source). For Sylvia (written in 1876), Delibes used a 16th century story of a Greek shepherd who falls in love with one of Diana's huntresses. She repulses him until the god Eros steps in. In a scene reminiscent of The Perils of Pauline, a robber khan ab ducts Sylvia...