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BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

A NEVADA BALLET THEATRE PRODUCTION AT THE SMITH CENTER REYNOLDS HALL DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS.

THIS THE NBT'S FINEST HOUR....WHAT A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION.

THIS, CHOREOGRAPHY BY GEORGE BALANCHINE FROM THREE COMPANYS...NBT, BALLET WEST AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET AND ALLON THIS DAY AT THE VERY VERY TOP OF THEIR GAME.

THIS TO THIS POINT THAT IT IS THE GREATEST THING EVER ON THIS STAGE AND IT PROBABLY WILL ALWAYS BE SO....IT WAS THAT GOOD.

BALLET WEST OPENED WITH "EMERALDS" AND IT BLASTED ONTO THE AUDIENCE THE GREAT CLEAR PERFECTLY LIT...PERFECTLY COSTUMED AND  PERFECTLY DANCED OPENER THAT IMMEDIATELY SET THE TONE FOR HOW GOOD THIS DAYS PROGRAM WOULD BE  ....AND THEN IT GOT BETTER.

NBT FOLLOWED WITH "RUBIES"....12 PERFECT DANCERS IN COSTUMES FROM PNB WITH MUSIC BY IGOR STRAVINSKY..THE.ENTIRE PROGRAM BACKED BY THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC WHICH DID NOT HURT THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION...THE LIVE MUSIC LIFTS THE DANCE TO YET ANOTHER LEVEL OF SPECTACULAR. THANK YOU !

"DIAMONDS" FROM PNB FOR THE FINALE....MUSIC FROM TCHIAKOVSKY...42 DANCERS ELEGANT...FULL SPEED....ANGELIC COSTUMES AND EVERYONE ON CUE...IT WAS PHENOMENAL.

THIS THE BEST BALLET I HAVE EVER SEEN AND WOULD ONLY HOPE TO SEE ITS EQUAL IN MY LIFETIME.

THIS THE PERFECT MARRIAGE OF NBT AND THE SMITH CENTER WHICH WAS ABLE TO STAGE ITS FINEST PRODUCTION.

THE IMMEDIATE LOOK OF THIS WITH ITS PERFECT LIGHTING AND COSTUMING IMMEDIATLEY GRABBED ME AND I WENT THRU THE FIRST NUMBER BEFORE REALIZING THERE WAS LIVE MUSIC...THE MELD WAS SO PERFECT AND THE IMMEDIATE DANCE LINES SO STRAIGHT....I LOVE LINES AND FOR ME, IF SOMETHING IS NOT PERFECT OR IN SYNC...IT JUMPS AT ME....NOT TODAY....NOT IN THE ENTIRE PROGRAM....THE FINEST BALLET I HAVE EVER SEEN.

WE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM RUSSIA AND SAW TWO DANCE PROGRAMS AND TOURED THE BOLSHOI....THIS WAS BETTER.

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