STARS OF THE RUSSIAN BALLET

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

DON'T GET BETTER THAN THIS.....SYMPHONY IN THE AFTERNOON...HOCKEY EARLY EVENING AND THE RUSSIAN BALLET AT UNLV PERFORMING ARTS SERIES AT HAM HALL FOR THE FINALE.

RIGHT ON TIME....WORLD CLASS THEATRE.....PERFECT SOUND AND STAGING AND MARRIED TO RUSSIAN BALLET CLASSICS... WONDERFUL MUSIC AND CHOREOGRAPHY....STARTED RIGHT ON TIME.

HAD A LOVELY STAGE LEVEL SEAT CENTER WHERE I WAS ABLE TO CATCH THE 13 BALLERINAS ALL OFF THE FLOOR AT THE SAME TIME IN PERFECT UNISON. YES.

10 PIECES ALL WITH GREAT MUSIC...ALL THE PERFECT LENGTH !

ROSE ADAGIO FROM SLEEPING BEAUTY...4 CAVALIERS WITH AURORA ON HER 16TH BIRTHDAY...TCHAIKOVSKY IN PERFECT OPENING FORM....LOVED THE COSTUMES..

THE OCEAN AND THE PEARLS...3 DANCERS PUGNI MUSIC....PERFECT TIMING...

THE QUATRE....TCHAIKOVSKY....THAT ALONE A HIT WITH ME...PURE BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE.

CINDERELLA....ACT III....PROKOFIEV....LOVELY PAIR...

ADAGIO FROM ROMEO AND JULIET....MORE TCHAIKOVSKY....USUAL ENDING...LOVELY..

DON QUIXOTE ACT III....OH BOY WHAT A FIRST HALF FINISHER....COSTUMED CORPS DE BALLET....TEAM CHOREOGRAPHY AT IT'S BEST.... SPEARCHUCKER AYDOS ZAKAN...LEAD MALE DANCER HERE....I WAS HOPING HE WOULD DEFECT AND STAY IN LAS VEGS AND DANCE FOR ME FOREVER.

INTERMISSION...OKAY..

PAS DE QUATRE....AGAIN TCHAIKOVSKY....4 BALLERINAS IN WHITE...GREAT HISTORY ON THIS PIECE WITH PRIMA DONNAS IN COMPETITION ....CHOREOGRAPHED IN 1845 WITH THIS MUSIC...WHAT A HISTORY.....AS WAS THE ENTIRE PROGRAM....LOVED IT.

ALLEGRO AND TCHAIKOVSKY.....VISITED THE TCHAIKOVSKY GRAVE WHEN IN ST PETERSBURG TO HONOR THE WORLDS SECOND GREATEST COMPOSER....LOVELY OLD STUFF HERE ...3 DANCERS.

DYING SWAN....SAINT-SAENS....NEVER GET ENOUGH OF THIS....ONLY PERFECT ON THIS NIGHT...3 OF THE CAST ALTERNATE...WE GOT THE PERFECT SWAN...

PAQUITA....MINKUS MUSIC....TEAM FINALE...STILL PERFECT LINES AND LOVELY COSTUMING AT THE END WITH THAT HISTORIC CHOREOGRAPHY.....I DON'T NEED ANYTHING NEW WHEN THEY GOT IT RIGHT 150 YEARS AGO...

CRAP...ITS OVER....I LOVED THIS FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS..

AGAIN THANKS TO UNLV AND THE TOURING RUSSIANS FOR THE PERFECT SATURDAY NIGHT.

100 A+

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