BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
HERE IS A WINNER.....WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THE UNLV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE UNLV DANCE DEPARTMENT COMBINED FOR A PROGRAM...... ?
NOW....
TWO MORE SHOTS TO SEE THIS ON SATURDAY AT HAM HALL ON THE UNLV CAMPUS....702 895 2787
MOST ENJOYABLE....
THREE PIECES....UNFORTUNATELY LOTS OF DEAD TIME....14 MINUTES LATE A 17 AND A 16 MINUTE INTERMISSION.....THATS 47 MINUTES DEAD TIME....56 MINUTES ACTUAL DANCE.
AFTERNOON OF A FAUN ...........8 DANCERS....CLAUDE DEBUSSY....GREAT MUSIC...GREAT COSTUMES...GREAT CHOREOGRAPHY.....GREAT DANCERS.....GREAT SET.....GREAT PRODUCTION....JESUS NANCI AND 7 NYMPHS.....ALMOST TOO SHORT...ONLY 9 MINUTES BUT THE BEST CAME FIRST HERE.
IT MUST BE A HOOT TO DANCE OVER THE PERFECT UNLV ORCHESTRA IN THE PIT AT HAM HALL....THE DANCERS MADE ME BELIEVE THEY WERE INSPIRED !
THE BEST WAS FIRST HERE...!
SECOND WAS MOTHER GOOSE SUITES....4 SECTIONS....BEAUTIFULLY COSTUMED AND CHOREOGRAPHED.....MAURICE RAVEL MUSIC....MY WIFE LOVED IT....BEST OF SHOW FOR HER...
AFTER ONLY 27 MINUTES OF DANCE WE GET A SECOND INTERMISSION...!
USUALLY THE BEST IS LAST....NOT TONIGHT....THE LAST WAS TOO LONG....... 33 MINUTES OF STRAVINSKY MUSIC TO...."THE RITE OF SPRING"....IT WAS TOO LONG AND BORING.....SOME ROLLING AROUND ON THE FLOOR AND 25,000 ENTRANCES AND EXITS FOR 13 FEMALE DANCERS...SOMETIMES WITH COATS ON...SOMETIMES WITH SUITCASES AND SOMETIMES WITH LIGHTED FLOWER POTS.....TOWARD THE END ONE OF THE FLOWER POTS GOT TIRED AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT SIGNALING IT WAS TIME TO GO. I LOVED THE MUSIC.
OVERALL THIS A REAL WINNER WITH THE ORCHESTRA...THANK YOU TARAS KRYSA.......MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR....THANK YOU LOUIS KAVOURAS DANCE DEPT. CHAIR........TOGETHER YOU GUYS ARE A SENSATIONAL TEAM.......DANCE AND LIVE MUSIC....GOSH WHAT A WONDERFUL NOVELTY.
INTERESTING TO SEE SO MANY IN THE AUDIENCE APPROACH THE PIT...TO SEE THE ORCHESTRA BELOW......ACTUALLY IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THIS MARRIAGE HAD BEEN PERFORMED BEFORE.....SOUND HERE AT HAM HALL ON THE UNLV CAMPUS....PERFECT AS ALWAYS....
SOME NICE PRODUCTION HERE AND ALL ON CAMPUS WITH STUDENT TALENT....YES. !
TWO EVENTS ON THIS NIGHT AT UNLV TAXING THE TICKET OFFICE AND CAUSING DELAYS....GET YOUR TICKETS AHEAD OF TIME....LIKE NOW....MOST OF US ARRIVED ON TIME !
NEXT AT UNLV STRINGS...... TUESDAY NIGHT...702 895 2787....I HAVE MY TICKETS !
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