Dress was business casual, which is something I hardly throw on for actual business. For me it's more fancy dinner type wear. It was fun nonetheless. Who doesn't like to get dressed up? It's especially nice when you see your friends get dressed up and see how pretty and shiny they all can look. The ballet is a tricky thing. Because you can see some people go above and beyond the call of dressing appropriately. Like actual fur coats and bow ties. And some people didn't get the memo to dress up at all. Like jeans and a hoodie. Oh so unfortunate. Dress appropriateness is also determined, in my opinion, depending on what type of ballet and what season. For instance, The Nutcracker. A typical holiday ballet. Which has some weight and tradition behind it. I feel in this instance its a little more appropriate to be a bit more polished. On the complete other spectrum, I saw Avenue Q in New York last spring. If you know anything about Avenue Q, then you know that even though it may play on Broadway, it does not have the feel of a 1950's dashing evening out associated with it. It is puppets singing about Asian landlords and closeted gays. Hardly an event for stilettos and a little black dress.
The actual show was very good. I don't go to many ballets, and haven't been to a play in awhile, so maybe it as just me being happy that I actual got some culture in this year. Or the fact that I got free tickets. Either way, I was entertained. It only took me about 45 minutes to stop gushing over their firm, toned bodies. That was until, halfway through the last performance, a dancer came out to the song of "Georgia's on My Mind" (or whatever it's titled), in a black bra and cut off jean shorts. Uhm, wow.
From these descriptions Im sure you can tell, it was more of a modernized ballet. Some of it more narrative than others. I liked it all except the second one was a bit long. Two intermissions. Neither of which I stood up for. What does that say about me? Am I used to sitting on my ass all day?
The company is called The Smuin Ballet. Ive been told they are a very small company. They just came back from a tour in Montana, and right now have been learning and rehearsing three different performances. Not just pieces, but entire perormances. Pretty amazing.
Ok, that is it for now..... and Happy Halloween.
I was supposed to go as Peter Pan, and my girlfriend going as Rufio. You know, "Rufi, Rufi, Rufi-ooooooo!" From Hook? We really would fit these costumes quite well, but planning got behind us and now we might just have to settle as a chicken and a butcher purchased form Target. Guess whos the butcher? Does she really think I'm that cruel, or does she just know I wouldn't go as a chicken?