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Sunday, October 21, 2012

2012 10/20 ORLANDO NIGHT OUT: ORLANDO BALLET-VAMPIRE BALL

FRIEND SCORED SOME FREE TIX TO THE ORLANDO BALLET WHERE WE GOT PRETTY SWEET SEATS UP FRONT.  HAVE NOT BEEN TO A BALLET NOR BEEN IN A BALLET CLASS SINCE I WAS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY, AND COUNTING HUMAN YEARS......I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN UBER CENTURIES AGO!


SITTING THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE, I WAS SOAKING IN THE AMAZING VISUALS AND WISHED I COULD CAPTURE ALL MY FAVORITE MOMENTS TO DISPLAY IN THIS BLOG. 

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I ALMOST THREW UP WHEN THERE WAS A PART WHERE A NARRATOR STARTED SPEAKING TO GUIDE THE AUDIENCE THROUGH THE INTENT OF THE LATER SCENES. DO THEY DO THAT IN BALLETS NOW? WTF? IT WOULD BE LIKE SITTING THROUGH A OPERA AND HEARING SOMEONE EXPLAIN THE PLOT RIGHT BEFORE THE INTERMISSION.

ANYHOW.........THE VISUALS.
I LUV THE BACKDROP AND SCENES. I LUV'D IT WHEN THE DANCER'S BODY MOVEMENTS WERE IN SYNC AND EVERY MUSCLE IN THE BODY UNIFIED IN MOVEMENTS.  ALTHOUGH I WITNESSED SOME SOME HIT OR MISS MOMENTS DURING THIS NIGHT, I FOUND SOME CAPTIVATING STILLS FROM THE ORLANDO BALLET MARKETING VIDEOS.  

Photo Courtesy from Orlando Ballet
SCARY SCENE WHERE INITIALLY THE GIRL IN RED WAS RUNNING AROUND THE MOTIONLESS CURTAINS (IN WHICH I THOUGHT WERE TREE LOGS) UNTIL THE WHITE MASKS APPEARED. GREAT LIGHTING TO ENHANCE THE INTENSITY TOO!

                                                                                Photo Courtesy from Orlando Ballet
ANOTHER FAVORITE MOMEN RIGHT AFTER THE MASKED DANCERS REVEALED THEMSELVES AND CREATED A DRAMATIC SCENE. MY THOUGHTS FOR THIS IMAGE JUST FOR A PEACE OF MIND DUE TO MY ANAL RETENTIVE SAKE IS THAT I WISH THE GUY ON THE RIGHT THAT IS STANDING WITH HER WOULD FLIP HIS PALM UP MAKING THIS IMAGE A PERFECTION.




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THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN WAS QUITE ENTERTAINING AND VISUALLY ENTICING.  HOWEVER,  ORLANDO AUDIENCE IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT COMPARED TO PLACES SUCH AS LINCOLN CENTER.

DEFINITELY A STRONG COMPARISON TO NIGHT AT THE APOLLO IN TERMS OF AUDIENCE EXCITEMENT AND REACTIONS.