BONAPARTE

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA'S DANCE DEPARTMENT'S FINEST HOUR !

CCSN IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO WEEKS OF MUSIC...DANCE AND ARTS...TONIGHT THE PINNACLE !

HERE..... AS USUAL RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS TO TONIGHT'S SHOW.

FIRST...THE DAMN THING WAS 12 MINUTES LATE...TONIGHT THEY SEATED PEOPLE DURING THE PERFORMANCE UNLIKE MONDAYS SYMPHONY....AND THEY FAILED TO KILL TEXTING VIDEOBOZOS DURING THE SHOW....

OF COURSE BY LATE THEY LOST 12 POINTS OFF THE TOP OF A PERFECT SCORE RUINING WHAT WAS GREAT BALLET...

OK ONTO IT...

3 PRE INTERMISSION PIECES..

CREEP....7 DANCERS CHOREOGRAPHER CYNTHIA DUFAULT....CREATIVE...NICE

IMPROMPTU....THATS WHAT IT WAS...LOVELY VIOLIST TOBIAS KREMER ROTH AND CREATIVE DANCER CHRISTOPHER LEGGETT....WITH A VIOLA BACKGROUND YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG..

JOING FORCES...I REALLY REALLY LIKED THIS....CHOREOGRAPHY LESLIE KREMER ROTH...FOUR DANCERS...STICKLIKE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT RIGHT ANGLES...TOO GOOD TO BE DESCRIBED...BEST TO BE SEEN WITH NICE MUSIC....GREAT CREATIVITY.....PERFECTLY COSTUMED.....LOTS OF IT ON THIS NIGHT.

INTERMISSION...ALWAYS AWFUL

BONAPARTE...

WHAT IN THE HELL COULD THIS BE ?  CCSN DANCE DIRECTOR KELLY ROTH ONE OF MY HEROES WITH HIS OPEN MIND....INNOVATIVENESS AND GENERLLY KEEPING THE WHEELS TURNING ALL THE TIME OUTDID HIMSELF WITH THIS.  THIS HAD TO BE A LIFELONG CREATIVE IDEA WITH TONS OF WORK AND RESEARCH DONE TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER......THIS A WORLD PREMIER...THANKS KELLY !

I STIL DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BUT IT WAS GREAT...I HAD TO LOOK UP BEETHOVEN 1770-1827 AND NAPOLEON 1769-1821 TO SEE IF THEY OVERLAPPED THEIR LIFE SPANS....HELL THEY WERE IDENTICAL...I WISH I HAD DONE MORE HISTORY ON BOTH BUT KELLY ROTH AND HIS CHOREOGRAPHY AND PRODUCTION HELPED ME A LOT.

A MAMOUTH PRODUCTION WITH 20 DANCERS...FOUR ACTS ALL UNDER BEETHOVEN'S SINFONIA EROICA...WHATEVER.

THE WHOLE THING A MAJOR PRODUCTION...IT CAME OFF LIKE A MILLION BUCKS WITH THE MUSIC AND CHOREOGRAPHY IN FRONT OF DOZENS OF CLASSIC BACKGROUND PICTURES OF HISTORY...WAR....LOVE...ARCHICTURE...PASTORAL AND EVEN BARE BREASTED WOMEN...YES....MUST OF TOOK A LIFE TIME TO FIND THESE PICTURES AND PRODUCE THEM PERFECTLY FOR THE DANCE AND MUSIC....ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ERRORS OR MISSED CUES....I FOUND NONE....IT WAS WONDERFULLY DONE.....TECH PRODUCTION ON THIS WAS OUTSTANDING....

OF COURSE BEETHOVEN WAS TOO LOUD LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE !

THE DANCING ITSELF ....EXCELLENT...LOTS OF EFFORT REHEARSAL AND PRACTICE WENT INTO THIS...IT HAD TO LOOK THIS GOOD.

COSTUMES WERE SUPER.....ROTH OF COURSE PLAYED BEETHOVEN AND DUFAULT PLAYED NAPOLEAN....SHE IS QUIT TINY AND AGILE AND A FINE DANCER AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEE IT ALL IN THIS EFFORT...SHE WAS REALTIVELY EASY TO TOSS AROUND.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO DETERMINE THE GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS AND KEEP SCORE ON WHO IS WINNING THE GAME...STILL DON'T KNOW AND TO MY CREDIT I JUST ENJOYED THE SPECTACLE.

THANKS FOR A SUPER SHOW.

86 B