Tonight I saw Lady of the Camellias, from American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center. The program was essentially the ballet interpretation of the source material written by Alexandre Dumask, which also went on to become the opera La Traviata.
The music was Chopin, the dancing devine (if not a bit choppy in the first act), the costumes and sets were stunning, and my company was most stimulating & sexy (J Bogs, best date I've ever had with someone I wasn't dating).
Combined with the fab - and affordable! - character taps I got this morning at LaDuca's annual shoe sale extavaganza* and the afternoon I spent in Central Park, today has been a magical day.
*LaDucas are the premiere character shoe that every dancer on Broadway wears (as well as Katy Perry's tour dancers, apparently). Normally they cost about $200-$250 per pair, but one a year the store has a sale with mark downs all the way to $45. Like the little eager beavers we are, there were dancers in line at 8am for a sale that didn't begin until 11:30am... I was def #11 in a line of 60 people... for all those dancers out there, keep an eye out for the next sale this time next year. Definitely a dance experience not to be missed, if but for once in your life.
Yours in ballet-induced euphoria,
No comments:
Post a Comment