NEVADA BALLET THEATRE

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

MORE GREAT STUFF ! ! ! IF THEY WOULD START ON TIME IT WOULD BE THE PERFECT PICTURE !

The Nevada Ballet Theatre providing 5 great dance pieces at Ham Hall at UNLV this weekend...the perfect alternative to NASCAR or for some of us the perfect marriage !

I remain the worlds biggest ballet fan and the NBT is the biggest reason why !

Always the total picture...choreography...creativity...costume...music...THE LOOK !

THE MENU...

DONIZETTI VARIATIONS...11 CLASSICALLY COSTUMED DANCERS TO BALANCHINE CHOREOGRAPHY WITH THE TRADITIONAL OPENING NBT LOOK. LOVED THE DANCE FLOOR THEY BROUGHT TO THE BIG STAGE.

A SONG FOR YOU...ALVIN ALIEY CHOREOGRAPHY...SOLO...MY WIFES FAVORITE...OUTSTANDING ALIEY DANCER MATTHEW RUSHING...BEAUTIFUL.

23 MINUTE 20 MINUTE INTERMISSION WITH DIRECTOR JAMES CANFIELD THANKING SUPPORTERS.

STILL....CANFIELD CHOREOGRAPHY...WORLD PREMIERE...WHAT A HOOT...NBT DANCERS MARY LACROIS AND GRIGORI ARAKELYAN TO LIVE MUSIC...PIANO CANDALABRA, VINCE FRATES AND ADAM HURST CELLO CANDALABRA...HE WAS SET ON A TABLE...ALMOST IN THE DARK WITH GREAT SOUND....LIGHTING AND COLOR OF BROWN AND BLACK IN THIS JUST WONDERFUL...WELL DANCED MAYBE A TAD LONG...FOUR STARS.

DUET FROM CONCERTO SIX TWENTY-TWO...MY BEST OF SHOW...MOZART...TWO ATHLETIC MALE DANCERS IN WHITE...CENTER STAGE...ATHLETIC CIRQUE SOLEILESQUE...CHOREOGRAPHY LAR LUBOVITCH LAS VEGAS DEBUT...IT WAS GREAT.

AT THE BORDER...FINALE...FULL SPEED...CHOREOGRAPHY BY MATTHEW NEENAN...FAST ENERGETIC AND WORKED WELL TO THE JOHN ADAMS MUSIC.

AFTER FRIDAY NIGHTS SHOW A TALK BACK...JUST GREAT...FOUR DANCERS...3 CHOREOGRAPHERS AND CANFIELD TOLD HISTORIES AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS...TALKBACKS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE FOR ME...TOO BAD MORE DO NOT PARTAKE.

WHAT A GREAT EVENING.

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