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Dance! Dance! Dracula!
Yesterday, I went out to Bellevue, to do a little shopping, eat Mora, and see a show.
While called a ballet, Dracula, a love story uses many more dancing styles than classic ballet. The best sequence, the graveyard extravaganza, had a ghoul/warlock doing an Irish jig centerstage. It was the AWESOME.
The show is pretty simple in terms of costume and lighting, and the music is recorded. The dancing, however, is enthusiastic. The dance style is paired to the character. Lucy goes from being on point (Briley Neugebauer is beautifully tall and slim, no surprise that she has been the lead in Les Sylphides) to dancing barefoot.
Dracula himself doesn't show his face or actually dance. Rather, the story is as if being told by him, so the telling isn't Stoker. Too bad, because (with a different Dracula) I would have loved to see either a solo, or a pas de deux with Mina that mirrored or contrasted the one with Johnathan. This production was a bit more comical than romantic. It seemed to go over well with the audience, who at this matinee was made up largely of costumed children. ^_^ The little girl who won the costume contest had a hoop skirt, real ringlets, and a very serious expression.
As if to make up for this past week, the buses all lined up: no running to catch them, very little waiting between transfers. We took the posh Sound Transit 560 out; on the way back, we were both reading volumes of Death Note and time/distance flew by. We headed to Mission in the Admiral District, where we ate dessert and I proceeded to get tipsified.
While called a ballet, Dracula, a love story uses many more dancing styles than classic ballet. The best sequence, the graveyard extravaganza, had a ghoul/warlock doing an Irish jig centerstage. It was the AWESOME.
The show is pretty simple in terms of costume and lighting, and the music is recorded. The dancing, however, is enthusiastic. The dance style is paired to the character. Lucy goes from being on point (Briley Neugebauer is beautifully tall and slim, no surprise that she has been the lead in Les Sylphides) to dancing barefoot.
Dracula himself doesn't show his face or actually dance. Rather, the story is as if being told by him, so the telling isn't Stoker. Too bad, because (with a different Dracula) I would have loved to see either a solo, or a pas de deux with Mina that mirrored or contrasted the one with Johnathan. This production was a bit more comical than romantic. It seemed to go over well with the audience, who at this matinee was made up largely of costumed children. ^_^ The little girl who won the costume contest had a hoop skirt, real ringlets, and a very serious expression.
As if to make up for this past week, the buses all lined up: no running to catch them, very little waiting between transfers. We took the posh Sound Transit 560 out; on the way back, we were both reading volumes of Death Note and time/distance flew by. We headed to Mission in the Admiral District, where we ate dessert and I proceeded to get tipsified.