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Article: Coppelia. (Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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- Dance Magazine
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- May 1, 1998
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When Terrence S. Orr assumed the artistic directorship of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre last fall, he inherited 1997-98 programming selected by his predecessor, Patricia Wilde. In December he gently tinkered with the first act of PBT's Nutcracker but remained true to George Balanchine's choreography. Midway through this season, the former American Ballet Theatre ballet master revised the bland but serviceable in-house production of Arthur Saint-Leon's Coppelia (1870) that after numerous incarnations had lost its effervescence. The result is a joyous offering that successfully demonstrates his commitment and potential.
Orr refrained from radical changes but illuminated ...
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