The Sleeping Beauty Ballet

The other element of a successful play that stood out in this production was fluidity. This musical moved smoothly from beginning to end and was easy to follow. Overall, this production was a success and the performance was

I loved the placement of different props on stage, like how the first scene where Vivian is first diagnosed was off center to the right. The single spotlights added more emphasis on certain points in the play and I thought that added more to the environment, especially when Vivian would have another monologue and she would step forward towards the audience while the extras moved around the props in the back to change the scene. For sound, I thought the background music for the ending scene really captured the mood for the death of Vivian Bearing. It wasn’t exactly a grieving style of music but it was calming at the same time. Also, the lighting and sound effects for the x-ray scene was outstanding.

There were over 20 dancers were performing. It was a group dancing and during the performance, the dancers kept moving around the stage. The primary featured

Fonteyn focus on her entire career with the Royal Ballet. Her debut was as a snowflake in The Nutcracker in 1934. The next year a wealth of dance roles in the standard classics, such as The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and Swan Lake, became open to the young Margot due to the departure of the great ballerina Alicia Markova. Fonteyn loved to become the romantic heroines. Her first major role was in Frederick Ashton 's new ballet Le Baiser de la Fee in 1935.

It made them stronger as they held each other’s hand to embrace their past and conquer their future together. By the end, the performers were able to grab the audience’s attention and touched their hearts when originally, many of the audience members seemed like they were tired and wanted to go home on a late Tuesday night. “The Castle” actors deserve the best for bravely telling their wonderful journeys. For the most part, “The Castle” was an impeccable and brilliant performance that many people should take time out of their schedule to

Whenever a scene changed, they used the lighting to change the setting into a theme that fit the play. Another great thing that they did was adding additional sound effects when needed. For example they had sound effects such as knocking on doors, and sounds from the tollbooth. On the down side, I think that they lacked the amount of extra effects needed. They did do a great job on adding in the disco ball to wrap up the play, but I do think they could have added more.

They were playing their parts as they were singing even if they were playing in the East Wing than on a stage. Through their performance they were enjoying singing and made the music more interesting than a boring history lesson. You could tell they were enthusiastic through the energy shown through their performance. The vocals were dynamic and when the cast was singing louder it was easier to identify the important messages. By rapping louder, Miranda says “ I’m not throwing away my shot” he uses hand gestures showing that he is taking a stand playing his part as Alexander Hamilton.

New York City Ballet: Moves On March 12th through the 13th the New York City Ballet preformed their forgoing show, Moves at Christopher Newport’s Ferguson Center of the Arts. The New City Ballet is one of the cutting edge American dance companies of this generation. Founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine in 1946 this company has been dancing strong for 70 years. “The foremost creative ballet troupe in the world” announced by the New York Times.

The point work of the male leads feet and the angular position of their arms when they are fighting was very precise. If the ballet dancers did not perform these parts correctly it would have looked as if they were circus tumblers, making the effect less dramatic. It felt more amusing than dramatic at certain points during this dance piece due to when one thinks of fight seen it is more brutal and powerful, showing force and anger. But in ballet fighting is more of an art form and not as brutal using an aerial like stabbing to the

The cast members seemed like they were part of the production themselves, which gave the audience a lifelike impression from them. Throughout the play I did not notice any obvious flaws that the cast members exhibited, which was really professional in my opinion and as a result, made the production more appealing to the audience. There was also breaking of the fourth wall, as demonstrated by Igor, where she asked one of the audience members if they have found a missing brain. During the Finale Ultimo, is where the cast members really broke the fourth wall, as they did a talent show with the main members of the cast, which involved the audience clapping at the end of each talent performed. It was during this scene where the main cast members brought out their tap dancing abilities, which was well received with a standing ovation at the end of the

The romantic ballet reminds me of beautiful dreams. The performance is usually inspired by fairies and ghost and other fantasy creatures (not always though). Their

The two pieces I saw performed by Charlotte Ballet were, Apollo and Walking Mad. I enjoyed both pieces and enjoyed watching the excellent technical abilities of the dancers, especially the point technique. What I enjoyed about Apollo was that the style was traditional ballet with some flare to it. What I mean by flare is they would flex their hands and feet and add sharp accents to their movement. What I also enjoyed about this piece was how each goddess performed a solo section.

It starts off at a slower tempo and gains speed later on. In this piece there is not much dancing, but the amount of dancing correlated well with the storyline at the time and the song. It is a freeing song, while Elphaba sings this song her arms are wide open and there are major level changes from her being on the ground to being in the air on a broomstick, she is finally becoming free. On the sage in the beginning of the song, are the two main characters: Glinda and Elphaba. Later in the song more dancers join them on the stage to capture Glinda while Elphaba is in the air.

In Sleeping Beauty (Cookson, Sally, December 2015, Bristol Old Vic Production), the acting is clearly not Naturalistic and it is known for being most appropriate for children. This play was directed by Sally Cookson, who decided to change the story slightly and have a prince instead of a princess, also by adding another story called ‘The leaves that never grow’. From this, I can see how changing just one or two factors can affect the reaction of the audience. They used various light to symbolize different affairs, overdone acting, Live singing and music. What did sleeping beauty make me feel regarding to its staging?

They touched the audience with their talent and skill. The dance were one point with the music and each other, as well as they had sharp movements. The King and Queen’s dance was elegant, sharp, flowing. They were on time with the music.