DANCE DANCE DANCE

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

The Nevada Ballet Theatre season kicked off with a two nighter at the Paris Hotel Casino Theatre....super venue...five pieces....as usual it was late.

GREAT DANCE THROUGHOUT.

I remain a colossal fan of dance and and this company and this show again illustrated why....world class dance...world class choreograpy...world class costumes and now inventive new contemporary pieces with a touch of the classics.

CONCERTO BAROCCO......FROM GEORGE BALANCHINE WITH THE DOUBLE VIOLIN CONCERTO FROM SEBASTIAN BACH. ALL THE ELEMENTS HERE...TEN GIRLS IN CLASSIC WHITE WITH MALE LEAD GRIGORI ARAKELYAN. JUST SUPER...LOTS OF EFFORT WITH A FULL STAGE OF PERFECT DANCERS MARRIED TO THE VIOLIN. THEY STARTED WITH THEIR BEST STUFF THIS DAY !

CINQ GNOSSIENNES...... FROM NBT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JAMES CANFIELD...FIVE SHORT PIECES WITH A LOT OF IT IN SILHOUTTE FORMS IN FRONT OF LOVELY COLORFUL FULL SHEET BACKGROUNDS. NOTHING TO NOT LIKE HERE.

LONG INTERMISSION WITH PROMOS AND THANKS AND NOW THREE MORE PIECES.

TOO BEAUCOUPM....... FROM THE HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO...16 GUEST DANCERS IN ALL WHITE OUTER SPACE COSTUMES...ATHLETIC...WELL DANCED...TOO LONG.

PETITE MORT................... CHOREOGRAPHY JIRI KYLIAN WITH LIVE PIANO AND MOZART COMPOSTION...HARD TO GO WRONG WITH THIS...CONTAINED SOME WONDERFUL SOLOS AND PAIRS AGAIN IN SILHOUTTE FORM IN FRONT OF THE FULL SHEET COLOR SET...IT WAS NICE.

UP...FINALE...CHOREOGRAPHY FROM CANFIELD AND MUSIC FROM RICHARD ROGERS...BLUE MOON IN DIFFERENT REPEATED VOCALES FOR THE SOLOISTS AND PAIRS...ALISSA DALE YOU WERE CATS PAJAMAS IN YOUR SET.

A FEW LIGHTING ISSUES, OVERALL VERY STRONG...ENJOYED A RARE THIRD ROW SEAT...EYE LEVEL TO THE STAGE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONCENTRATE ON LOWER LEG LEVEL WORK WHICH I REALLY ENJOYED...THE BALLET LIKE SOME ART TO BE ENJOYED AT DIFFERENT TIMES FROM DIFFERENT LEVELS.

THIS WHOLE THING JUST NBT SIGNATURE WORLD CLASS DANCE.

ONE MORE SHOW AT THE PARIS...THE NUTCRACKER...DECEMBER 17 TO 24...702 946 4567

NBT MOVING TO THE NEW SMITH CENTER IN 2012...I AM HOPING THE THEATRE IS UP TO DANCE COMPANYS CONSISTENT EFFORTS.

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