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Title: Hellish
Review: Want to have nightmares? Well, then get this DVD.What was the Lyon Ballet thinking of?????Copellia is a very gentle, charming wisp of a ballet. A light touch is essential. Delibes score is light and delicious.All of that goes into the trash can. Much of the music is cut,this version of the "ballet" is set in a seedy urban setting.There is almost no dancing. Swanhilda hardly exists except todo some quasi-ballet moves in combat boots while munching an apple.The horror really begins in act 2. Dr Copellius is able to produce a never ending series of Coppelias, they emerge froma movie projector. All have red dresses, spike heels, and blondwigs. They seem to be both male and female underneath the oppressive costuming. And that's pretty much where the "concept runs out of steam. There is a little more perfunctory action,instead of Swanhilda doing some of the doll specialty dances,Dr Coppelius and Franz do them instead. Why?What did this gentle ballet do to deserve this?
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