Based on Der Sandmann and Die Puppe by E.T.A Hoffman
Original Choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon
Music by Léo Delipes
June 1st - 3rd 2012
Artistic Director - John Bishop Choreography - Miye Bishop Léo Delipes original score
performed live by The Starry Night Orchestra
Coppélia is based upon a well-known short story by E.T.A. Hoffman entitled “The Sandman”
that was first published in 1816. The ballet is a light-hearted frolic about an eccentric
inventor named Doctor Coppelius, who creates a beautiful doll with enamel eyes that
he seeks to bring to life. The ballet also recounts the comic love story of a young
man named Frantz and the town beauty Swanilda, who is Doctor Coppelius’ living model
for his beautiful doll.
