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Classical ballet’s great comedy, Coppélia, returns to the Joburg Theatre after a lengthy absence to raise the curtain on Joburg Ballet’s 2014 seasons.
Coppélia opens at the Joburg Theatre on Friday 7 March followed by ten further performances through to Sunday 23 March. In keeping with Joburg Ballet’s aim to expand ballet’s footprint to a wider audience, the Johannesburg season of Coppélia will be followed by four performances presented by PACOFS at the Sand du Plessis, Bloemfontein.
Romance, jealousy, intrigue and a huge dollop of comedy make Coppélia one of the best loved ballets in the world, the story of an old toymaker who believes he’s breathed life into his most beautiful mechanical doll. His joy may be short-lived but all ends happily in this most endearing and heart-warming of the great ballet classics.
Adding a dash of the different to the month of March will be two performances of Celebration 6 which continues Joburg Ballet’s tradition of mixing the familiar classics with ballet that is new and now, sometimes edgy, always exhilarating. Celebration 6 takes to the Joburg Theatre stage on Saturday 15 March and Saturday 22 March, both at 7.30pm.
Tickets are available at the Joburg Theatre’s website
