NEVADA BALLET THEATRE

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com THE 52ND SEASCON OF ONE OF THE BEST BALLET COMPANYS IN THE WORLD CARMINA BURANA AND SERENADE IT WAS AT THE SMITH CENTER LAS VEGAS SERENADE THE OPENING NUMBER THE HIT OF THE NIGHT FOR ME POSSIBLY THE BEST THING THE COMPANY HAS EVER DONE START WITH THIS MUSIC BY TCHAKOVSKY MAYBE HIS BEST SCORE NEXT TO HIS BIG 3 SWANN LAKE....THE NUTCRACKER...SLEEPING BESUTY CHOREOGRAPHY BY BALANCHINE THE TWO GREATEST TALENTS IN HISTORY IN THEIR FIELDS THIS NIGHT COMBINED 19 NBT DANCERS WITHOUT A FLAW PICTURESQUE TIMELY COSTUMED....FLAWLESS CONTAINED MY FAVORITE NBT DANCER CHRISTINA GHIARDI IN HER 10 SEASON WITH THE NBT SHE WAS NEVER BETTER THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINED ALL THE NBT USUALS CHOREOGRAPHY...COSTUMES...LIGHTING...TIMING..PRODUCTION AN A+ 133 GRADE ! ! ! ! THEN THERE WAS CARMINA BURANA MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION CAST OF 80 SINGING IN A LANGUAGE I DID NOT UNDERSTAND MULTI DANCERS .....GHIARDI ALSO IN THIS LIKE EVERYTHING IT WAS TOO LOUD FABULOUS NIGHT AT THE THEATRE