The Bolshoi Ballet performing the mazurka from Coppélia at the Royal Opera House in London

Coppélia is the name of the doll (a dancing automaton) in this ballet-comedy - not that of the heroine, Swanilda, a girl of youthful capriciousness but nevertheless, possessing a heart of gold. This is the 2011 performance of this joyful ballet-comedy by the world famous Russian Bolshoi (Russian for big) Ballet at the Royal Opera House in London, England. Music composed by Leo Delibes and based on choreographers Marius Petipa’s & Enrico Cecchetti’s original 1894 production featuring a stylish reconstructio