BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
10 MINUTES LATE....WHICH IS HALF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE NEVADA BALLET THEATRE WAS LATE SO AT LEAST WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO KICKOFF FOR LAS VEGAS'S TOP TWO BALLET COMPANYS.
LATE IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE AND IT IS SO BAD TO INSULT THE AUDIENCE AFTER PREPARING CLASSIC STUFF. THATS WHERE THEY STARTED AND THATS WHERE I START...I WAS ON TIME !
TRUE TONIGHT !
LVCDT THE CHILD OF FOUNDER...CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCER BERNARD H. GADDIS.
BERNARD YOU REMAIN ONE OF MY HEROES FOR YOUR GENIUS...YOUR PASSION...YOUR ABILITIES AND YOUR COMMITTMENT TO LAS VEGAS....NEVER BETTER THAN TONIGHT.
LVCDT IN ITS SEVENTH YEAR...EXPANDING...GROWING....TRAVELING AND BEST OF ALL DELIVERING WORLD CLASS DANCE....THEY DID TONIGHT AT THE SMITH CENTER DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS.
FOUR PIECES TWO EXTREMELY LONG INTERMISSIONS AND A PITCH IN THE MIDDLE..... 65 MINUTES DEAD TIME.....KILLS THEIR SCORE....
ANYWAY....
"SOLSTICE" .....BRILLIANTLY DANCED....GREAT LINES AND TURNS.....LIGHT BLUEISHGREEN COSTUMES.....GADDIS CHOREOGRAPHY....26 MINUTES....A SHADE LONG.....IT FLOWED PERFECTLY.
25 MINUTE INTERMISSION...."WHAT DO THEY DO ?"
BAD BLOOD....BEST OF SHOW FOR ME.....CHOREOGRAPHER ULYSSES DOVE....BRILLIANT....ATHLETIC...STRENUOUS....FULL SPEED....LEAPS AND CATCHES...PERFECTLY TIMED TO THE LAURIE ANDERSON SCORE. GADDIS SAID HE DANCED THIS 14 YEARS AGO .....WITH THE ALLEY COMPANY.....IT WAS A LOAD......IT MAY HAVE BEEN HIS FINEST HOUR....BUT HERE IS A GUY WHO EXCELLS IN FINEST HOURS ! BOY THIS WAS SENSATIONAL....WHITE TIGHTS...PAIRS....LEAPS AND CATCHES ALL DONE FLAWLESSLY....IF ANYONE WAS A QUARTER OF A STEP OFF COUNT HERE I MISSED IT......THIS WAS ONLY BETTER THAN PERFECT......7 DANCERS ALL EXCEPTIONAL....THEY DID NOT DREAM THIS UP OVER NIGHT....ANYTHING THIS GOOD HAD TO HAVE A CAREER TRAINING HISTORY AND LOTS OF REHEARSAL.....IT ALL SHOWED TONGIHT ! CHRISTINA TAYLOR WHO PAIRED WITH GADDIS HERE PROVED TO BE THE PERFECT TEAMMATE....SUPERB PAIR.....THANK YOU FOR IMPRESSING THE HELL OUT OF ME !
PAUSE FOR THE CAUSE FROM GADDIS....
CRASHING....THROUGH........7 DANCERS ...THEY WERE FAST...FULL SPEED....THE MISSION HERE UNKNOWN TO THIS REPORTER.
ANOHTER 25 MINUTE INTERMISSION.....I MET A NEW FRIEND
FIREBIRD......THIS THE STRAVINSKY SCORED HISTORICAL BALLET NEWLY CHOREOGRAPHED BY GADDIS (AN A PLUS NIGHT FOR BERNARD) ....BEAUTIFULLY COSTUMED...RAN 30 MINUTES...COLORFUL....WELL CHOREOGRAPHED....IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAVE SEEN THE FIREBIRD I FORGOT THE MISSION....JUST AS WELL HERE AS I WAS ABLE TO JUST ENJOY THE MARRIAGE OF DANCE AND MUSIC....MARIA FERNANDA VICUNA-MCGOVERN AS THE FIREBIRD A PERFECT MATCH FOR THE PRINCE...(THAT'S RIGHT GADDIS AGAIN)....A NICE TEAM.....THE CHORUS MONSTERS WERE EXCELLENT AND CHANGED COSTUMES ON STAGE PERFECTLY INTO THE SCRIPT AND FINALE.
WWW.LVDANCE.ORG.......... FOLLOW UP ON THIS COMPANY......HERE
LVCDT RECOMMENDED TO WORLD WHATEVER THEY DO AND WHEREVER THEY DO IT.
88 B+...... TOO BAD FOR THEM LATE ENTERS INTO THIS MARVOLOUS DANCE EFFORT.
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