ALICE DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com


WOW....I AM 70 AND AS OF 2 OCTOBER 2014 I HAD NEVER SEEN OR READ ANY SHERLOCK HOLMES (ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE) OR.... ALICE IN WONDERLAND (CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODSON----PEN NAME LEWIS CAROLL).....OCTOBER 3 I SATISFIED BOTH VOIDS WITH A HOLMES PLAY IN CEDAR CITY, UTAH AND " ALICE " THE BALLET... AT THE SMITH CENTER LAS VEGAS DOWNTOWN.


I LIKED BOTH....
ALICE 1865....HOLMES 1895.....OLD PENMANSHIP HERE !




ALICE ....A WORLD PREMIER FROM THE LAS VEGAS CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE....BERNARD H.  GADDIS CHOREOGRAPHER......AND FOUNDING FATHER.


LVCDT IN ITS EIGHTH YEAR AND GROWING AND...... BEING PARTIAL TO DANCE AND GADDIS, WHO NEVER HURTS THE DANCE NUMBERS BY DANCING HIMSELF (WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION).


ALICE ....GADDIS PERSONAL TAKE OF THE CHILDS FAIRY TALE......A NICE PRODUCTION...GREAT COSTUMES....EXCELLENT MUSIC BY MARTIN J. ST-PIERRE.....AND SOME REALLY COOL SECOND HALF DANCING.


THERE PROBABLY WAS A STORYLINE HERE WHICH I DID NOT KNOW....BEFORE....DURING OR AFTER THE BALLET BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO ENJOY THE EVENT AND I DID HERE.....BEING OLD FASHIONED,  I LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE GOOD GUYS ARE AND WHO THE BAD GUYS ARE AND TAKE SIDES....REALLY DID NOT GET IT HERE, BUT THE  WHOLE THING WAS JUST LOVELY IN A NICE SETTING.


TECHNICALLY SOLID....REALLY LIKED THE SOUND AND TWIDDLE DEE AND TWIDDLE DUM.....NICHOLE REYES AND ADRIANNNA ROSALES........AND OF COURSE WITH GADDIS THE WORLD CLASS DANCER HE IS .....THE SECOND HALF PRODUCED LOTS OF JUST REAL GOOD CHOREOGRAPHY.


CLOSE....ONLY 3 MINUTES LATE 23 MINUTES FOR INTERMISSION...SHORT... LOTS OF DEAD TIME AND THE SMITH CENTER BOX OFFICE AT ITS USUAL ALL TIME WORST....4 CLERKS THAT DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTER 4 ROTATING SETS OF ALLEDGED TICKET BUYERS WHO DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WANTED....I ALWAYS THOUGHT IF PEOPLE WANTED TO BUY YOU SHOULD SELL TO THEM AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.....NOT HERE.....THE PERFECT SENARIO TO PREVENT THOSE LIKE ME FROM PROGRESSING TO THE EVENT...DOES ANYBODY STOP AND THINK ABOUT THIS STUFF ?


LOVE THE BALLET...NICE JOB...


MORE LVCD COMING....STAY TUNED HERE....THEY DO NOT DO THE NUTCRACKER OR SWAN LAKE AND THEIR NEW CREATIVITY IS SOMETHING TRULY REFRESHING.


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