GLAD I DID NOT MISS THIS.....WORLD CLASS BALLET AT THE SMITH CENTER THIS WEEKEND...TWICE....... WITH THIS CLASSIC BY THE NEVADA BALLET THEATRE.
RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS FROM A SENSATIONAL AFTERNOON.
NBT ALWAYS GREAT....... MAYBE NEVER MORESO THAN TODAY.
FRED ADAMS AND THE UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL HAVE PRODUCED ROMEO AND JULIET HUNDREDS OF TIMES AND ITS ALWAYS EXCELLENT. BUT FOR ME THIS THE BEST OF ALL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PLAY....EASY TO FOLLOW...EASY TO TELL THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS AND VISUALLY AND AUDIOLY OVERPOWERING.
MARVELOUS OPENING TO BOTH HALVES OF THE BALLET WITH 9 STILL LIFE FIGURES WITH NARATION....THEY MOVED SLIGHTLY TO THEIR CALL....ONLY 7 TO OPEN THE SECOND HALF....(A PAIR LOST TO SWORD FIGHTS).....THE PRONOUNCED BLOOD ON THE HAND IN THE SECOND HALF OPENING.....POWERFUL....CREATIVE....WONDERFUL.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JAMES CANFIELD.... YOU REMAIN ONE OF MY CREATIVE HEROES......DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS YOU BORROWED OR CREATED BUT FOR SURE YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND DESERVE THE ACCOLADES.
LOVED THE COLORFUL FIRST HALF DANCING AND THE DUEL STAGES UNDER RED SILHOUTTES BACKGROUNDED TO SCORE....16 DANCED IN QUADS....SO EXCELLENT...26 DANCERS ON STAGE AT A COUPLE OF POINTS AND THEY ALL LOOKED IN PLACE AND INTO THE PLOT.
DANCING EXCELLENT...JULIET...MICHELLE MELTZER...RAN THRU THIS TWICE IN 20 HOURS AND I AM SURE SHE WAS FLAWLESS ON SATURDAY NIGHT....SHE CERTAINLY WAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON....ROMEO.....BENJAMIN TUCKER..... NO LESS TALENTED...THE PAIR ACTED SO WONDERFULLY AND THEIR DANCING WAS FLAWLESS.
NBT COSTUMES SUPERB AS ALWAYS AND I AM SURE COSTLY.....ALL THIS FOR TWO SHOWS......I PLAYED POKER WITH BOBBY BALDWIN 20 YEARS AGO...HE MOVED INTO CORPORATE GAMING MANAGEMENT AND WAS A GENEROUS SPONSER IN PART FOR THIS.....NOT HIS FIRST UNDERTAKING HERE...THANK YOU BOBBY.
LOVE THE STRINGS AND THE PROKOFIEV SCORE FOR THIS IT WAS OVER THE TOP....NOT NEW OF COURSE....THEY GOT IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AND KEEP IT.
AGAIN CANFIELD MELDED ALL THIS...... COSTUME ....SCORE...DANCE.....LIGHTING...STORYLINE INTO ONE HELL OF SHOW...
WISH IT WAS GOING AGAIN TOMOROW.....
SPEAKING OF TOMOROW...THE NBT 16-17 SEASON NOW AVAILABLE AND MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED WITH NOT ONE....NOT TWO BUT ALL THREE OF TCHIAKOVSKYS MAJOR BALLET SCORES.....SLEEPING BEAUTY...NUTCRAKCER AND SWAN LAKE.....NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAVE ALREADY SLIDE THEM INTO MY SCHEDULE.
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BIG CROWDS....THERE WERE NONE THAT DID NOT LOVE THIS.
STILL STARTED LATE..... BUT GETTING CLOSER ....ONLY 3 MINUTES
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