Performance Review: MGYB
Stalemate, Hay Fever, Mr. Bojangles, and
Dracula!
I'm not much of a ballet fan, but one of my
students' parents asked me to go, and I enjoy watching my students enjoy
participating in non-school extracurricular activities. I went and thoroughly
enjoyed myself!
"Stalemate" was an intro and two acts. I found myself awed at the illusion of antigravity as the dancers did that whole thing on their toes thing. The costumes were predictably white and black, with head pieces denoting playing piece. I was disappointed that the choreography had us looking at the backs of the black pieces, but the dancers were marvelous.
"Hay Fever" was set to a contemporary C&W song. Interesting to see ballerinas dancing a hoedown on their toes. Obviously, not my choice of music, but the dancer, whether smiling because they were supposed to or not, smiled and seemed to enjoy it, as if it were something new and different to dance to.
"Mr. Bojangles" was interpretive dance ballet. Show hats and black pants. The arrangement was not the one I grew up with, so I ended up paying a lot of attention to the music and realized that my interpretation of the song and the choreographer's were two very different visions. It happens like that.
"Dracula!" was longer than the others. No black cape, no huge teeth. Spindly dancers in eerily creepy costumes. I liked the lighting. My man, Michael McK, was stage manager (as he should be), and Dani was right-hand woman. Everything ran smoothly! I enjoyed it immensely!
I might even watch some more ballet. Might.
"Stalemate" was an intro and two acts. I found myself awed at the illusion of antigravity as the dancers did that whole thing on their toes thing. The costumes were predictably white and black, with head pieces denoting playing piece. I was disappointed that the choreography had us looking at the backs of the black pieces, but the dancers were marvelous.
"Hay Fever" was set to a contemporary C&W song. Interesting to see ballerinas dancing a hoedown on their toes. Obviously, not my choice of music, but the dancer, whether smiling because they were supposed to or not, smiled and seemed to enjoy it, as if it were something new and different to dance to.
"Mr. Bojangles" was interpretive dance ballet. Show hats and black pants. The arrangement was not the one I grew up with, so I ended up paying a lot of attention to the music and realized that my interpretation of the song and the choreographer's were two very different visions. It happens like that.
"Dracula!" was longer than the others. No black cape, no huge teeth. Spindly dancers in eerily creepy costumes. I liked the lighting. My man, Michael McK, was stage manager (as he should be), and Dani was right-hand woman. Everything ran smoothly! I enjoyed it immensely!
I might even watch some more ballet. Might.
Posted: Fri - October 14, 2005 at 11:23 PM
Quick Links
Calendar
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
Categories
Archives
XML/RSS Feed
Statistics
Total entries in this blog:
Total entries in this category:
Published On: Mar 02, 2007 07:50 PM
Total entries in this category:
Published On: Mar 02, 2007 07:50 PM