BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
GLAD I LIVED TO SEE THIS ! ! !
ONLY SENSATIONAL ! ! !
THIS A UNLV PEFORMING ARTS SPECIAL...AT HAM HALL ON THE UNLV CAMPUS...ONE NIGHT ONLY !
CHOREOGRAPHY BETTER THAN CHORUS LINE ON BROADWAY ! ! !
JUST AMAZING !!!
THIS ATYPICAL OF WHAT THE UNLV ARTS DEPARTMENT HAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY OVER A COUPLE OF DECADES....28 DANCERS....6 OR 7 MUSICIANS AND PERFECT TEAMWORK....THESE TYPES OF SHOWS WITH DANCE....MUSIC...NATIVE FOLK STYLES...HAVE PLAYED HERE FOR MANY YEARS AND THIS ONE AS GOOD AS ANY....ANYWHERE.
ALL THE ELEMENTS...THEY COULD TELL TIME....RIGHT AT 800PM....20 MINUTE INTERMISSION RIGHT TO THE SECOND...55 MINUTES FIRST HALF...60 THE SECOND HALF WITH ENCORES.
WHEN I SAW 3 VIOLINS AND A BASS ON THE STAGE TO OPEN THE PROGRAM I KNEW RIGHT AWAY I WAS AT HOME FOR GREAT STUFF....THEY ALSO HAD A HORN PLAYER AND A SPECIAL INSTRUMENT...CIMGALOM (HAMMERED DULCIMER)....LOOK THAT ONE UP....IT WAS ANTQUEISH WOOD...MYRYBA... PIANO WITH FOOT WORK COMBINATION..PLAYED WITH STICKS.....IT WAS WONDERFUL.
ANY WAY..... GREAT DANCE WITH THIS MUSIC...CHOREOGRAPHY UAR WORLD CLASS ON A RELATIVELY SMALL STAGE FOR 28 DANCERS....NO ONE RAN INTO EACH OTHER....PERFECT TIMING...GREAT LINES...GREAT CIRLES...GREAT EXITS AND CONTINUITY...THE WELL OILED MACHINE.
EVERY ONE ON STAGE LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE AUDITIONING...WORKING HARD WITH CHARM AND WARMTH...BEING PART OF THE TEAM....NO BODY JUST GOT OFF THE BUS HERE, THIS WAS HALL OF FAME PRODUCTION.
GABOR MIHALYI...ARTISTIC DIRECTOR...THANK YOU FOR ENCRICHING MY LIFE...
LASZLO KELEMEN...GENERAL DIRECTOR ...THANK YOU PUTTING TOGETHER THE PERFECT TEAM.
THEY BROUGHT THEIR OWN FLOOR TO DANCE ON....THEY HAD THEIR OWN SOUND BOARD IN THE AUDIENCE.....I AM GOING TO THE SMITH CENTER SATURDAY FOR THE SYMPHONY... I HOPE THE SMITH STAFF COMES OVER TO HAM HALL TO TRY AND GET SOME TIPS ON HOW TO WORK THE SOUND...
COSTUMES EXQUISITE...HISTORICAL...NUMEROUS...THE.GUYS WORE KNEE LENGTH BOOTS...SOME WITH SPURS ? THE GUYS HAD CUTE HATS ....GALS...MULTI COLORED DRESSES AND LOTS OF THEM....
GREAT LIVE THEATRE...ONE DANCER LOST HIS CUMBERBUND AND NEVER MISSED A STEP....ONE VIOLIN PLAYER BROKE A STRING AND NEVER MISSED A NOTE.
8 SELECTIONS IN THE FIRST HALF....8 IN THE SECOND HALF...THEY ALL RAN TOGETHER IN GREAT CONTINUITY LIKE A SINGLE PROGRAM ELEMENT....I HATE DEAD TIME....NONE HERE.
IF HUNGARY HAD BEEN THIS ORGANIZED IN 1956 THE RUSSIANS WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE !
GEE I LOVED THIS....
THE COMPANY ON WORLD TOUR...RETURNING TO EAST COAST FOR $122 DOLLAR TICKETS IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK...NOT SO EXPENSIVE HERE...500 OF US LOVED IT.
UP NEXT AT UNLV ...DANCE WITH ORCHESTRA 18 19 OCTOBER.....FRY STREET QUARTET 22 OCTOBER
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HOW ABOUT 110 WITH A+ A+ A+
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