Had my nuts cracked, Чайко́вский style
Dec. 18th, 2014 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewduckerNice evening today. I left work at 5:15 and walked across town to Edinburgh's best Indian restaurant, had a delicious meal with Julie, and then went to see The Nutcracker with her.
The design of the sets and costumes was gorgeous, the dancing was great, and the music was...well, presumably you've heard large chunks of The Nutcracker before.
Ballet isn't generally my thing, but it held my attention marvellously for a good hour of the two hour length - and thankfully, that hour was spread out quite a lot. Lots of good moments distributed throughout the whole evening, some lovely little comedic touches from two "monkeys" sitting at the feet of Clara (the young girl whose dream forms the majority of the performance).
It wasn't life-changing, but I am glad I saw it.
The design of the sets and costumes was gorgeous, the dancing was great, and the music was...well, presumably you've heard large chunks of The Nutcracker before.
Ballet isn't generally my thing, but it held my attention marvellously for a good hour of the two hour length - and thankfully, that hour was spread out quite a lot. Lots of good moments distributed throughout the whole evening, some lovely little comedic touches from two "monkeys" sitting at the feet of Clara (the young girl whose dream forms the majority of the performance).
It wasn't life-changing, but I am glad I saw it.
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Date: 2014-12-19 05:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-12-19 07:37 am (UTC)Oh, and it wasn't necessarily "all a dream", but she's delivered back to the original house, asleep with the Nutcracker toy in her arms, at the end, and picked up by her parents.
And the various toys/fairies are all played by the same people who play the party guests.
So I assumed a "Wizard of Oz" type thing was going on.