JUST OVERLY SPECTACULAR
THAT IS PURCHASE TICKETS TODAY FOR THE NUTCRACKER 12-20 DECEMBER
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THE NUTCRACKER COULD NOT SURPASS THIS WEEKS TWO SHOW PERFORMANCE OF "A BALANCHINE CELEBRATION".....BUT THEN NOTHING COULD....NEEDLESS TO SAY THE NUTCRACKER WILL BE BRILLIANT AND THE MUSIC "SHOULD BE GOOD ".
AH ....ON TO BALANCHINE....3 PIECES TWO OF WHICH IF THEY ARE NOT.... SHOULD BE IN THE BALLET HALL OF FAME......SO GOOD TO SEE ANYTHING AND ANYBODY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO....THEY REACHED THE TOP HERE ! BALANCHINE'S CREATIVITY....ART....WORK EFFORT AND VISUAL GENUIS EVER APPARENT HERE.
STARTED LATE 6 MINUTES...IT ALWAYS DOES !
49 PIECE LIVE ORCHESTRA FOR THIS....
FIRST..... SERENADE...BALANCHINES FIRST PIECE IN THE UNITED STATES...HE WAS BORN IN ST PETERSBURG....I WAS THINKING I COULD HAVE VISITED HIS GRAVE WHEN I WAS THERE...MAYBE NEXT TO TCHIAKOVSKY......NOPE...BURIED IN NEW YORK.
ANYWAY.... THIS FIRST HUMONGUS PIECE TO TCHIAKOVSKY'S SERENDE FOR STRINGS WAS HEAVENLY....18 WHITE SWANISH BALLARENIAS IN LINES AND MOVING CIRCLES FULL SPEED....SPICED UP WITH SOME PAIRS....IT WAS THE NBT'S FINEST HOUR.
THEN.....THEN ....THEN.....THEY TOPPED IT WITH SLAUGHTER ON TENTH AVENUE....A CABARET.....DANCEHOUSE .....BARISH...GOOD BUY BAD GUY THEME....WITH A BEAUTIFUL SET DANCED AT 400 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE WORLD OPENED TO CHRISTINE GHIARDI....NEW TO ME BUT SHE STEPPED OUT AS ANYBODYS PRINCIPAL AND ABSOLUTLEY PERFECTLY CAST FOR THIS
COMEDYESQUE...FUN HOOT....IT WAS GREAT...SHE WOULD NOT QUIT KICKING AND I LOVED EVERY ONE.....LEAD HER BACK TO ME SOON......THIS TO RICHARD RODGERS
FULL SCORE !
TWO INTERMISSIONS...25 AND 15 AND 6 MINUTES LATE....LOTS OF DEAD TIME...ACTUALLY HERE.... WELL WORTH THE WAIT....NBT CAN MAKE ME WAIT AND THEY DO...
THE ORCHESTRA UNDER ALL THIS ...REALLY DRESSED IT UP.
FINALE ...WHO CARES ? ME FOR ONE....THIS A 45 YEAR OLD DISPLAY OF SHORT GEORGE GERSWIN 1920'S SONGS....HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE THIS......4 MORE PRINCIAPLISH LEADS STOOD OUT.....SERGIRO ALVAREZ (TOP OF MY LIST) ALISSA DALE ....CHRISTINA GHIARDI AND EMMA MCGIRR......ALL GREAT.
IF YOU MISSED THIS.....YOU CANNOT RECAPURE THE MOMENT....YET ANOTHER REASON WHY THE ED BRUCE THEORY OF GOING TO EVERYTHING SOMETIMES REACHES PINNACLES NEVER TO BE ACHIEVED AGAIN.
SO UNFAIR TO TRY AND DESCRIBE THIS (THE PENULTIMATE VISUAL EXPERIENCE)
AND OF COURSE THE ORCHESTRA NEVER HURT ANYTHING !
NBT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JAMES CANFIELD BROUGHT FLOWERS FOR EACH OF THE LEADS AFTER THE PERFORMANCE....HE LOOKED LIKE ME IN A RACE TO GET OFF THE STAGE ...HE NEVER BROKE STRIDE IN THREE TRIPS....IT WAS A MOMENT.
NEEDLESS TO SAY JAMES YOU ARE THE DADDY TO THIS ENTIRE UNDERTAKING AND YOUR TOUCH NEVER GOES UNNOTICED...
SAW A FALL....BEEN A LONG LONG LONG LONG TIME SINCE I SAW ONE AND IT DID NOT DETRACK FROM THE EFFORT....I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE MENTAL STATE OF THIS MOMENT AND HOW THE DANCER REACTS FROM THE SLIP.....GREAT HERE...NEVER MISSED A CUE.
92 A- I KNOW I WILL NEVER SEE ONE OF THESE START ON TIME BUT I KEEP HOPING !
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