UNLV A WORLD OF DANCE

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

WOW...HOW TO PUT A NEGATIVE EDGE ON SOME REALLY EXCELLENT DANCE.

THIS..... UNLV'S 3 SHOW... SPRING DANCE CONCERTS.

20 MINUTES LATE....750 BEFORE WE SAW ONE DANCER ON A 730 KICKOFF.

TERRIBLE....

UPON ENTERING JUDY BAYLEY THEATRE I WAS INSTANTLY INSPIRED BY AN ORCHESTRA PIT...WOW....LIVE MUSIC .....

AS I ENTERED..... I PASS A BABY CARRIAGE AND A COED NURSING HER BABY...THIS PRETTY MUCH TOOK THE EDGE OFF MY NIGHT....THAT OF COURSE FOLLOWED BY THE 20 MINUTE DELAY.

FIRST PIECE ...A WORLD PREMIERE ...29 MINUTES WITH THE LIVE MUSIC...SORT OF A AMERICAN INDIAN  THEME....MERELY AN ARRANGEMENT OF PARTS...MY LEAST FAVORITE OF THE SIX PIECES....EXTREMELY WELL LIT...WELL DANCED AND WELL COSTUMED.

THEN A TEN MINUTE INTERMISSION THAT WAS FIVE AND  WITH INCONSISTENT LIGHTING WHICH COULD HAVE ALLOWED ME TO READ HAD THEY LEFT THE LIGHTS UP.

THEN THE LIVE MUSICIANS LEFT....THE PIT WAS OPEN...

THEN FIVE MORE PIECES ALL EXTREMELY WELL DANCED AND WELL CHOREOGRAPHED ....THAT AS I SAT BETWEEN TWO JACKASSES THAT TEXTED AND TALKED NON STOP.......HOW IS THIS TOLERATED ?

THEN THEY CLOSED THE PIT AND RAN OUT PRETTY GOOD CANNED MUSIC !

REALLY....I CAME FOR THE DANCE...WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY GOOD !

THE WORLD MUST AWAIT ME WHEREVER I GO AND IRRITATE ME AFTER I ARRIVE........DID HERE !

REALLY LIKED THE REFLECTIONS OF PAS DE QUATRE....FOUR CLASSICALLY COSTUMED DANCERS...CREATED IN 1845 ABOUT THE RIGHT AGE WORK FOR ME..HIGHLITE OF THE NIGHT...WELL DONE.

COSTUMES AND LIGHTING GREAT THROUGHOUT....AS WAS ALL CHOREOGRAPHY...LOT OF WORK PUT INTO THIS.....EACH CHOREOGRAPHER INTRODUCED THEIR PIECE ON A VIDEO SCREEN....I LIKED THE IDEA...SOME BETTER THAN OTHERS AND NONE OF IT AS GOOD AS THE ACTUAL DANCE.

LIKED THE FINALE WITH 24 DANCERS WITH LANTERNS OR LIGHTS IN SHADOWS...AGAIN REALLY WELL STAGED.

I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT CHOREOGRAPHY OR PRODUCTION OTHER THAN WHAT I LIKE AND I COULD HAVE IMPROVED THIS ENTIRE SHOW BY TIGHTENING IT UP AND ELIMINATING SOME OF UNNEEDED EXTRA IRRITATIONS.

THANKS AGAIN TO THE UNLV DANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS....NOTHING LACKIN IN THE ACTUAL WORKS AT ALL...

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