Ballet anyone? — Page 5

That one is already on my list for my powerpoint images

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There's an interesting (and rather sad) article about the lack of quality in the orchestras performing for ballets. The icing on the cake was the noisy audience members. I'll be going there (Kennedy Center) next week for the New York City Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream. I can only hope it will be better than this!
A word to audiences - SHHH!

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That was a great article. Thanks, Mamie.

Honestly, I find the Washington audiences--for the most part--a bit on the sedate side. When I saw Hairspray at the KC, I felt like we were the only ones who understood that we were at a comedy! (I know this isn't about ballet, sorry.)

The big exception was last December when I sat next to two teenagers (at Movin' Out) who carried on a loud conversation throughout the entire first act (despite requests to keep quiet).

Finally, during intermission, Caldwell B. Cladwell turned to the man sitting beside them and asked, "Are they with you?" The man nodded. "Their behavior has been abominable. I have a four-year-old and a ten-year-old who know how to behave better at the theatre than these two."

The girls did not utter a sound during Act II.

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How dare that couple or the girls next to me SPEAK in the presence of RASTA!

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That sense of entitlement thing is very annoying, but SPEAKING while RASTA is on stage is grounds for excommunication...or worse.

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They're treasures.

I need to print them out before they're lost to time. And BWW archives.

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PalJoey, thank you for finding this treasure! I completely forgot that I had started this particular thread. I also believe this was the thread that began my ballet correspondence with Mark. For one brief moment he was here, and then I realized....

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