Essay On First Night Of A Season

C. The performance was not too bad. I would say it was performed well. I am not really a fan of ballet though. I think I would attend the performance because the music I can listen to and it seems like it would be a fun experience.

While observing this dance ballet, there were many things that caught my attention. First, the theater itself was extremely large, and the stage itself was big, and the dancers had plenty of room to move across the stage and perform their routines. There were many dancers, and they all played various roles that ranged from Clara, Fritz, Herr Drosselmeyer, the Rat King, the Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, and many more. All of the performers wore vivid costumes

Brittany Russel sang “Nobody Love”, she sang with magnificent range and gave the audience a nice pair of chills down their arms, because you could tell she sang from a personal perspective. She carries this certain style where it’s very raw and emotional. To bring an upbeat into the room Madison Slamka and Gillian Marino’s performance of The Beatles “Come Together” allowed the audience to release their worries and stress of the week that lay behind them. Their duet performance was entertaining and colorful, the two girls added their own style which gave the performance an extra twist on the song. This allowed the girls to not just sing the same style as the original artist, but to take the next step and recreate a clever, melodic song into something that was their own. One of my favorite performances of the night was The A Cappella Group. Their three numbers were amazing and left me wanting so much more. Even though Callie Atkinson was a featured soloist performing Hold my Hand, the groups back up was essential for the emotional feeling of the song. As incredible as their performances were, there was this one distractions to the group. The random movement of their upper bodies drew attention away from the

All of the performances were beautiful and I loved how they all displayed a different story. The thing about the dances is that they all were very fluid and moved and danced with so much emotion. One performance that stuck out to me was City of Rain. The choreographer is Camille Brown. Camille Brown is a dance educator,director,dancer, and a choreographer. She began her career in Ronald k. Brown’s evidence, A dance company. Her performances and choreography has won her the Bessie nomination for Best Performance. Aside from City of Rain, Camille has created works such as Good & Grown, The Groove to Nobody’s Business, and Mr.TOL E. RAnCE. On Camille Brown’s webpage her mission statement says that her company wants to “present authentic performances that foster dialogue among audiences and local communities to instill a sense of curiosity and appreciation for the live arts experience in a social and aesthetic context”. So

first the good: Tiler Peck and Andy Veyette were fantastic in Tchai Pas de Deux. she is perfectly suited to this piece, she really outshines everyone else in the company who currently dances this. (IMO of course.) People were audibly gasping during the fish dives--Tiler got a lot of air in her jump and the partnering was perfectly timed so there was no bumpy catch, as there sometimes is when the ballerina really dives. Andy has been looking a little tired in some of his previous performances of this--not tonight. His jetes en manege covered so much ground and moreover they just seemed to embody a fresh and joyful spirit. Not easy the night after a gala.

Lilly, Brynn and Kaeli made a big splash in thier first ever competative trio. They took the stage at Center Stage Dance Competition and blew the judges away with thier energetic performance.

The performance took place on October 8th at 8pm at the newley renovated Northrop auditorium. The new acoustics of the venue added greatly to the overall performance. It really brought the auditorium to life and helped to take the viewer to a whole other place. I only regret that I wasn’t able to focus completely on the ensemble’s music due to being distracted by the exciting show the dancers were putting on.

First of all, Savannah Lowery and Cameron Dieck, each appearing in two ballets during the afternoon, were both in excellent form for their farewell performances. And Likolani Brown for one last time

I liked the performance quality for this dance because of the energy they have when they were doing the lifts and how they make me feel. An example from this dance is the lift they were doing

Scheller lovely...danced up a storm in "4 Ts - Sanguinic" this afternoon. Received two bouquets. Many in the audience stood up and cheered for her.

The dancing, however, was worth it. And, it was so nice to see three out of the four recently promoted dancers on stage together (Lane, Royal and Shevchenko). Lane was gorgeous - what a ballerina she has become. As someone else noted, when Lane, Brandt and Trenary were dancing together, they were such a well-matched trio. I would also love to see a piece created for the three of them (or even just one section in a ballet). Royal was regal, but he always is. Those arms and legs of his that he stretches out fully and his confidence has skyrocketed (I'm sure his well-deserved promotion helped); just amazing. Whiteside is a bit of a puzzle for me. In this piece, and in any non-classical piece I'm finding, he's extraordinary. He commands the stage and dances with a fullness and an awareness that I never see in his princely roles. He was mesmerizing. I had to force myself to stop watching him so I could focus on the others. He's always had the technique and is a very good partner (and his partnering and relation to his partner continues to improve), but when I saw him as Siegfried, he disappeared and had no presence. Frankly, he looked bored. It's as if I'm watching two different

Weese and Boal led the second movement. Boal is simply one of the greatest classical dancers and this is a charming role for him - he is in the period of the ballet, never forcing his effects. Weese was terrific, the perfect French Second Empire ballerina (down to the diamond drop earrings). She danced lushly and wittily, not just for her partner but also as though she was hoping to attract a rich protector. This role has been done wonderfully by ballerinas as diverse as Ashley and Ringer and Weese is equally good in her own way. I also noticed youngster Jessica Flynn in the corps, maybe some day we'll be seeing her in the lead role.

The element that stood out the most to me was how effectively the music and the footwork corresponded. The best examples of this are seen through the dancers solos. Especially Albrecht's solo, his feet glide on the stage at the same tempo as the music. Similarly, Giselle's graceful footwork is truly amazing. I really like the similarities between the choreographed footwork and the music, it makes Giselle seem much more elegant and

Ballet never seems more serious or real than when an exceptional ballerina dances with a straight face and downcast eyes to hauntingly beautiful music. Last evening The Vision segment from The Sleeping Beauty with Tiler Peck as Princess Aurora was ineffably exquisite. Never did an intermission seem more apt than the one that followed at this point.

This past weekend I attended The Nutcracker by The Richmond Ballet. I actually enjoyed it a lot. The show over all was very entertaining and probably the best Nutcracker performance I have ever seen compared to the ones I’ve been to in the past. This was also my first time seeing anything performed by The Richmond Ballet. The music was very nice and the stage was very bright and lively. The costumes that the dancers wore were amazing, some were elaborate and detailed while others were as simple as dresses. The dancers definitely used the stage to its entirety. There were a number of leaps and lifts along with a lot of group pieces. There was a great use of levels throughout the entire show. This was a huge universal dance experience due to