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Live from the Bolshoi Ballet
Can’t make it to Mosow this weekend?
On May 29, Long Center Cinema series presents a live simulacast of the Bolshoi Ballet’s current production of “Coppelia.”
The live performance will be screened 10 a.m. on the Long Center’s two-story high-definition screen. An encore screening happens at 2 p.m.
The Bolshoi’s lavish production “Coppelia” was composed by Leo Delibes, choreographed by Marius Petipa, recreated by Segei Vikharev and stars Viacheslav Lopatin and Natalia Osipova. Screening time is approximately 2 hours, 28 minutes.
Premiered in 1870, “Coppelia” is a light-hearted ballet based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffmann entitled “Der Sandmann” (“The Sandman”), about an inventor who creates a life-size dancing doll.
Tickets are $15 ($10 students). See www.thelongcenter.org for more info.
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