Hi Dancers,
This is a reminder that you are required to attend the Chamber Dance Concert this weekend. See syllabus for ticket information. What I would like you to think about as you watch the performance concerns ballet technique. Everyone in the performance has a ballet background as well as a foundation in modern techniques. How can you can see ballet technique in a modern dancers performance? How does it make you feel when you see technique in a dancer? What thoughts or impressions come to mind? How could you tell if someone is trained in ballet when they aren't performing ballet? You will respond to this performance in a comment below this posting. This posting is due by Wednesday, October 14. It needs to be only a paragraph or two in length.
25 comments:
Okay, this was an effing awesome concert. I like the juxtaplication of costume with dance and of dance with spoken word and voice trumpets.
The first set of dances was the most classical, but that it was modern in that it focused on those aspects of ballet which are healthy and natural for the body, by which I mean it dropped certain ballet posturing requirements such as a strong adherence to the vertical line.
It was most ballettic in that the costume element served to draw attention to the feet and in fact make them a sort of elusive focal piece. It was so beautiful, I am dancing in my living room as I type this. And of course those costumes were so fun looking, (slight more transparency would have been revealing, and appreciated) and the gigantic lily was amazing!
The piece entitled "bull" was ballettic, because, well, our Ballet Master was the star! I really hope he does not make us do a crotch-grabbing exercise in class as I might be embarrassed.
It was funny that the piece called "Pursuit" was set to Spanish sounding music and looked like a bull dance, and they were wearing bull colors. Were they trying give us a brain slip? That one was very ballettic and in classical pas de deux form. Well, not really, aren't there 5 elements of classical pas de deux. But it seemed classical at the time. Beautiful body form. Very "Afternoon of a Faun". (Only much less boring.) :b
The hard sole dance did display many elements of counterpoint but as a nerdy reader of music theory I tend to hope for counterpoint to be something very very mathematically structured, and I thought that element was a little bit loose. But maybe there was some syncopation I was missing. Very impressive (and long! I was exhausted!). The staging was awesome too.
Okay, finally, that last dance made me so happy. The beautiful colors, the happy music, the happy circle dancing made me want to run for my local SCA dance practice.
Whee!
I thought the concert was lovely. I kept thinking to myself through the whole thing: look at all the ballet feet! In addition to having feet that magically always seemed to stem from the ballet positions, the knees, bending and arms were all very similar to things we do in class. I thought that "The Pursued" borrowed the most heavily from ballet and was a beautiful piece. Those quick traveling cou de pieds blew me away. And ohmygosh, the développés in "The Fugue" were awesome.
It was lots of fun to watch, as well as being able to appreciate the background knowledge of all the dancers.
Ballet Technique is evident in modern dancer when looking at the basic elements of a piece. Dancers hit all the points of a move exactly and fluidly, which we have talking about in class. Also the use of space, they had the whole stage to use and either utilized it, or intentionally remained in one area. Even down to the basic of knees going over the line of the foot, and the head following of the hands with the dancers head. The most obvious use of ballet technique was in the positioning of the feet when, it was easy to see first, second, fifth and so it. When a dancer uses technique it makes the piece feel more polished and gives a piece legitimacy. Pop stars can get on stage and put on a dance performance, but with out the technique and training to back it, it looks like something I could have made up dancing in around my kitchen with my roommate. I thought the performance was wonderful. I especially liked the simplicity of using lighting as the only accent, or no curtains gave such a dimension to the pieces. Use of space, clean lines and feet placement are the telling signs if someone is trained in ballet but not performing ballet.
I've actually never been to any sort of modern dance performance, so this was an interesting first for me.
The main pieces that I was able to easily see ballet moves and shapes in were the first three pieces, Night, Fire Dance and Lily of the Nile. After our discussion in class today about Loie Fuller and the history of this newly formed type of dance (during that time period), I understand why it was so easy to pick out. The main thing I noticed was no matter how the arm was moving, it always seemed to be going in the biggest circle it possibly could, that da Vinci model we discussed some time ago. Even with their legs, I saw full tendus and could see the circle they were creating with their legs.
The following acts definitely changed the direction of the performance, and I had to look a bit harder to find the ballet. The Persued and The Fugue both had the same solid leg work, long and sculpted, very beautiful. All of the dancers in both pieces had great strength in their chest and shoulders and alignment (I swear I could see the orbs!).
The last two pieces threw me for a bit of a loop in terms of ballet. I feel the posture and basic structure was there, but more and more I'm finding out that the basics like posture in ballet make anyone look fabulous so why not carry that element over into modern?
All-in-all, this was a very good experience for me. I enjoyed looking for elements we discuss in class, especially the things I didn't expect myself to catch, like alignment. It was a great evening and I am happy it was required for us to go or else I may have missed out on a phenomenal learning experience! Plus it was more than exciting to get to see Louis in his element!
I really enjoyed seeing this concert. I thought the last dance was really fun to watch because of all the energy in it; the dancers seemed to be having a lot of fun themselves. I felt like ballet was exhibited most in Fugue and The Pursued. All the moves were directed and very precise. I thought the first three pieces were quite interesting because you could see very little of the dancers' bodies. Rather, you saw only their feet and the viewer was focused on the way in which the dancer manipulated her costume to make defining shapes. The first sequence of dancing was also interesting because of how lighting was used and the effect it had upon the dance. I also liked how the dances were arranged going from the oldest to the most recent. It was fascinating seeing how in this sampling, modern dance has evolved over time.
Ballet is often a contradiction to me. On one hand, you require your body to stand and perform in ways that stretch it to the limits, and it takes many years of dedication to ever make it look "natural." On the other hand, once you develop the ideas of a "core," timing, being aware of every body part's connection to another, and many other important points of ballet, grace, strength, agility, and balance become part of a person's natural movement. It is hard to think of many other physical activities that influence a person's every day movement as much as ballet does. The fundamentals of ballet, some of which are mentioned above, are fundamental in every kind of dance. Modern requires a strong core, an awareness of your body and movement, and assurance in your steps as much as ballet does. Both types of dance are used to tell different stories. Although I prefer traditional ballet pieces, I appreciate the freedom of modern and the social and artistic comments it can make. I also liked the combination of older music and more modern costuming and lighting techniques. It gave old pieces that I am familiar with a new meaning and context.
It was fun to pay attention to all the ways in which ballet training was visible in the performing of the dancers. Like I remember Louis saying on one of our first classes, the ballet is there and you can't get it out of your body if you've danced your whole life, and so even when the dancers were not doing ballet I could see the sort of airyness, beautiful spinal alignment and length in lines that's characteristic for ballet. It was fun to notice it also in the last piece when they were dancing hip hop. Not to mention the ankle extensions, head positions, holding their head and arms beautifully even when they let their upper body hang down (I thought about this especially during Fugue).
What I think is cool about ballet technique is that through the perfect control of your middle body you can maintain balance in really demanding movements, that also modern dance often includes (again, I noticed it especially in Fugue) and it gives the strenght to amazing pirouettes and jumps. The dancers constantly maintained the rectangle marked by their shoulders and hip bones.
A skilled ballet dancer makes everything look so effortless and lightweight, and that's especially fascinating in modern when among sharper or less impressive moves someone just throws a casual pirouette just like that. Modern requires the dancer to combine different styles of movement.
You can see ballet technique the strength and groundedness of dancers movement. When movement has purpose and a sense of control (even if the movement is crazy) it doesn't matter what kind of technique dancers are doing, they will look professional. That professionalism helps, myself at least, to look beyond the individual dancer and into their purpose and the story of the piece. My thoughts bounce between the visual patterns of the movement, to the vibe/attitude of the dancers, to the untrue sterotype that modern dance is not as difficult and intense as ballet. Watching the CDC Concert reminded me that the work required to produce a techniquly exquisite modern dance piece is as hard, if not more, than a ballet piece of the same nature.
The dancer's ballet technique in the Chamber Dance Company performance was most visible to me in, "The Pursued." I remember being aware of it at the very beginning of the piece with Catherine Cabeen doing what looked like degages to the side. I can see ballet technique in modern performances when I see the dancers creating classic ballet lines with their bodies. Even if these lines appear for only a moment, they offer a glimpse at the dancers' breadth of technique and expertise in dance. It makes me feel a dancer's strength when I see these solid lines. It also makes for a sharp contrast when I see more of a modern technique with maybe a curved back or a flexed foot. It's like a deconstruction of the form of ballet, which can be very refreshing to see. Overall, I enjoyed the performance and my favorite dances of the night were: "The Pursued," "The Fugue," and "Center of my Heart."
It was my first time to see the modern ballet. It was very different from classic ballet performances in some ways. The show was unique, casual, humorous, and enjoyable. I don't think I ever laughed by watching ballet performances.
On the other hand, I realized some similarities in the modern ballet. First thing I noticed is about the angle. As you always saying in the lessons, especially first three dancers were manipulating the angles effectively in order to show themselves aesthetically. Also, it made them look bigger and taller. Second, I saw the imaginary lines in the middle of their bodies to hold them straight and balanced. Especially, even the fugue was such a passionate dance, dancers kept stable and balanced postures. I think that it is the most important and basic thing in all dances.
Finally, I saw the strength of dancers from you dancing on the stage. You were funny; however you simultaneously showed us how dancers should be. As taking ballet lessons, I realized that maintaining energy is one of the hardest things. You danced perfectly and constantly until the end of the show. It was impressive. By the way, how did you breathe when you are dancing for the fugue?
I was thoroughly impressed by this concert. In the first three performances it was easy to see the ballet technique come through because of the way the presented their bodies. They were able to use the sticks that they had to extend their bodies, but I am sure even without the sticks they would have looked just as aesthetically beautiful. During “Lily of the Nile” the dancer made herself look exactly like a lily. It was wonderful. Also, after watching a fire every night during this past summer, I felt Jamie did an amazing job catching the mysterious nature of the campfire. The ballet technique showed through in “The Pursued” in the way that you could see the contrast between when they are extended and when they were collapsed.
The moments where ballet technique is most obvious to me in performances is when they become graceful (for lack of a better word). A modern dancer who maintains the rigidity of ballet in their dance invokes a feeling of confinement in me.
The pursued, by Joseph Gifford seemed to capture this best for me, since those fugitives were tense and the balllet added to that maintained the effect. I did not really enjoy the addition of ballet though, since although it fit the emotion I received from the piece, it seems unrealistic or inable to convey feelings that could have been better presented by more modern movements.
Ballet technique can be seen in dancers who are not dancing ballet in the way they move their arms and legs (since ballet is all about those extremities). If they move them in ballet form the movements are more graceful and pretty, while if the movements are jerky or chaotic you forget about the rules ballet brings to mind.
Clearly ballet in the Chamber Dance Companies performance this past weekend is extremely subtle. During each piece I concentrated on trying to pick out certain ballet movements and the other half I just watched and let things come as they are. Honestly I was only able to pick out only a few points where I saw a ballet movement clear enough that I was able to bug my friend next to me about it. A few devellope's, some plie's, standing in fourth position. But taking a dance as a whole I see the technical ability, strength, and grace that ballet technique brings to the dancers.
Take Fire Dance by Loie Fuller performed by Elizabeth Lentz. With the swirling dress and the visual stimulation by the lights it is a powerful piece. A good portion of the time Elizabeth was standing in fourth position, easily giving her much more stability in her performance but also giving a powerful stance to powerful movement! A weak stance would have only hindered the visual effects of the piece.
Looking at the piece called The Fugue created by Twyla Tharp and performed that night by Louis Gervais, Jamie Hall and Elizabeth Lentz, gives more reasons not only why ballet is important to modern dance but also how we see it in the dancers. The Fugue was a piece ballet movement didn't so much come into play as much as the technique it teaches. The Fugue had a good amount of jumps, and with out proper technique even the smallest jumps done for years would probably leave the three dancers with knee problems that would make Jake Lockers broken thumb look like a sliver.
All these examples are also indication that the dancers have experience in ballet.
I have never once doubted that me taking a ballet class would help me in becoming a better dancer. And this blog/comment and the performances i have seen only vindicates what i believe and helps turn away frustrations about ballet. I saw the performers use ballet to add technique, grace, and additional movement to the pieces. Could you imagine watching any of the pieces performed by the Chamber Dance Company without ANY ballet influence or technique?
*I can see the ballet technique within each piece. There are common technique such as tombe, plie, saute and so forth. Yet, the most important technique is how the dancers stood and best foot forward toward the audience.
* To see modern dance technique combines with classical ballet technique is interesting. I was amazing on how similar the two can be. Per example, the Fugue; the dancers interwoven modern and ballet through stomping and plie-ing through the stage.
*You can actually tell someone dance in ballet and modern through the way they present themselves. Ballet is much more structural with lines and form with modern is all about the free flowing lines of the body. An example of is this Martha Graham. Yet, the underlining expect of these two forms are common. These two forms use the circling effects of the body: the head, the torso and the pelvic region.
Katrina Hamilton:
This was probably my favorite of the CDC concerts that I've seen in the last four years. It was interesting because at this point, I look up and recognize almost everyone I see on stage. This meant that for some people, I knew what their ballet technique looks like very well. For example, I've actually taken a ballet class from Jamie, and I was specifically paying attention to her during The Fugue. Sometimes I feel like you can tell when a ballet dancer is in a modern piece, because it feels like they just can't let go of their lightness. But with Jamie I feel more like her ballet training just helps with her precision. when she extends her leg, it goes directly to where she intends it to go, and no where else. At the same time, it feels like she is able to retain that modern dance looseness and weight.
Of course, when you put the same dance in Fire Dance, it changes considerably (mostly I assume because Fuller's ideas leaned more towards taking the dancer's body out of the equation in favor of color and light). Even still, Jamie shows her classic ballet back extension without making it look like it belongs at the bar.
I do think that is really the key: being able to keep what is helpful from ballet without getting trapped in it's aesthetic.
This performance was AMAZING! I loved the ending number! I thought it was beautiful. The influence of what seemed to look like Indian dancing to me was wonderful. I thought it was unique how they did manage to add in ballet moves. It was nice to see flat feet in some of the leg lifts and then in others they pointed their toes changing the style and making me as an audience member get an entirely different feeling from the dance movement. It seemed to be a softer and gentler idea when the toe was pointed.
The one thing that I would critique on the performance was the Fire Dance and the Lily of the Nile. They were both beautiful dances but they were so similar. I also got so lost within the sheets that they were moving around that I forgot to completely pay
I feel like ballet technique is really the foundation of strong dancing in any discipline. Core strength is one of the big things we talk about in ballet class, and I think that it translates into modern especially because dancers have to work even harder to find and maintain their core stability in order to hold their balance when they're doing dances that aren't as vertical and aligned as ballet. The first three pieces were the most balletic from my perspective, but the clarity of the arm and leg movements/positioning that comes from extensive ballet training were evident in almost all of the pieces.
I think that technique is what really polishes a performance. It seems like such a little thing, and they really are just little things, but it makes such a huge difference to see proper technique being consistently executed. I think that ballet technique especially is one of those things that really gets ingrained in people. It takes so much time and effort and precision that ballet dancers tend to keep that "ballet" look no matter what they're dancing. Being able to keep that technique and attitude, but also allow the little bit of looseness that dance forms other than ballet tend to require is what I think ends up making a really good dancer.
Nicole Boutillier:
First and foremost let me say that this was an ineffable concert! : ) I really enjoyed it. It was also interesting to me because I went to the all Twyla performance at the Pacific Northwest Ballet and so it was interesting to see her development as a choreographer. Like the piece in this concert, most of twyla's choreography is strictly modern as people define it, for lack of a better description, not ballet. However, one of her newer pieces in her show at pnb was simply a modern ballet. It was clearly ballet with a few difering movements. So it was interesting to be able to contrast this.
As for the way that ballet can be seen in modern, I have always been taught that in order to be a good dancer, in modern as well as other forms, you need to have a strong ballet background. It is clear that ballet gives you core strength and a centering that is needed in order to manipulate and invert these moves into what they are as modern. Also, modern takes and builds on ballet technique and tweeks it. You still do the same movements, like tendus and plies, ect. but they have a different placement, and perhaps the foot is flexed, or maybe you are allowed to make noise.Modern is a more organic form of ballet, and what I mean is that it feels more natural to the body. But the basic foundations are the same.
Elizabeth McHugh:
I was really amazed from the very beginning of the concert. I loved the drama provided by the huge flowing dresses and magnificent lighting. I could see alot of ballet technique in these first pieces, but with just a little extra something. Its as if allowing the dancers and the choreography to step past the rigid formalities of strick ballet, the performance is allowed to develope to its full potential. Ballet technique seemed prominent in Pursued, but the acts that followed all seemed to move further away from ballet technique, and to evolve in their own ways. It is great to see ballet in the foundations of dance, and how it is still integrated into great work, but it is also refreshing to know that there are no rules, and while classics are forever loved, experimentaion has its rewards as well.
Initially it was hard for me to try and see the ballet in the various pieces of the Chamber Dance Company, but with a stretch I was able to find some hint of ballet into all of them.
The first three pieces were choreographed by Loie Fuller, and mainly seemed to be focused on moving the fabric in a way to create a light show in tune with the music. The actual form of the dancers were often obscured or at least dictated by the fabric, but one thing that reminded me of ballet was that in all three of the pieces (Night, Fire Dance, Lily of the Nile) was that the dancers were always extend and creating a feeling of continuing lines.
The next piece, The Pursued, by Joseph Gifford was more ballet to me than the previous piece. Right from the start, Elizabeth Cooper enters the stage in a fifth position plie style shuffle. Though I am not aware of a actual ballet step that looks like that it certainly used ballet movements. These were used through out the rest of the dance as well, though often with a modern twist. For example instead of working from a turned out position the two dancers generally worked from parallel.
The Fugue is the next piece and was choreographed by Twyla Tharp. The choreographer definitely seems to have a background in ballet as I saw many examples by the three talented dancers in this piece as well. So even though the dance included more pedestrian movements and at times brought to mind tap dance, there was a definite ballet flavor. This was seen with the extensions and lines as well as the arm movement. Also as in the previous piece more traditional ballet movements such as developpe were given a more modern twist with feet that were flexed rather than pointed.
This was my favorite piece and aptly named Bull. The choreographers were David Dorfman and Dan Froot, and the piece had an almost more theatrical rather than dance component. Finding the ballet in it was probably the hardest from any of the other pieces, this is partially due to the fact I was busy laughing rather than paying strict attention. The pas a deux however was a lot similar to a Fish dive and the chest thumping jump also had a ballet flair, though I am not sure what to call the jump!
Center of my Heart by Doug Elkins was the last performance. It was a hip-hop styled piece to middle eastern music and had the most dancers. As far as ballet, the only thing that came to mind was what Louis had told us in class about the original ballets had been court dancers creating patterns that would be viewed from the audience above.
First I would like to say that i really enjoyed this show! I definately saw that the dancers were trained in ballet, you could see it in their feet. When the first few performers (the ones with the big dresses) were spinning, you could look at their feet and see them go into fifth and first position a lot. Also not only by looking at their feet you could also look at their body centers and arms to see that they have been trained in ballet. They stood in a way that you could see the entire body. Seeing this makes me feel like learning ballet is not something you just do in ballet class, but something that is done in all dance classes. Having your knees traveling over your toes is correct in all forms of dance, not just ballet. This leads me to think of ballet as a building block. Everything we learn from this class we can take on to every form of dance we choose here on after. To answer your last question, I can tell a person is trained in ballet when they are not performing by looking at their form while both standing and walking. They stand much more tall, and with their shoulders held back, like royalty :-)
To me, I saw ballet technique in modern dance through the way people moved. I noticed it a lot in the dancers in "The Pursued", in "The Fugue" but it seemed like Jamie had a little more ballet technique than Elizabeth in my opinion and also in the "Lily of the Nile".
I feel like technique is visible in the posture of dancers, the way they extend their limbs for particular moves like its to the fullest extension. Technique makes the dancers look like they are very aware of the moves they make, very purposeful, not like someone is just throwing themselves around to the music. There is a particular type of grace that exists when someone has ballet technique, I feel this grace is connected to the energy and strength that is built through ballet technique.
I feel like a performance looks better when someone has ballet technique, maybe I'm just biased but I feel like it changes the presence of a dancer, like I mentioned before just graceful, definately adds elegance to the choreography.
This show was definitely a new show to me. I did not expect there to be such beautiful and funny pieces. First three pieces were something new and I really enjoyed it. Each piece had represented its title and the characteristic of the element. "Night" had brought something strong and dark, "Fire Dance" emphasized on the beauty of the different colors and "Lily of the Nile" just presented the lily on stage. It was just beautiful. With those huge fabric, it was hard for me to see and figure out specific ballet techniques, but I've realized that they need to have strong basic center strength in order to dance in and with that costume. The next piece, "The Pursued" was performed with ballet techniques from the beginning until the end. Elizabeth Cooper, the first dancer came on stage with 5th turned out releve. Matthew Henley, the second dancer, presented attitude kicks, releve in 5th, passe turn and more. Like other students said, there were turned out feet throughout the piece. The list I have said were just partial techniques these two dancers have presented, but there were many other ballet and modern moves to complete this strong piece. The next piece called "The Fugue" was an odd piece to me. While I was observing the piece, I was wondering if they were improvising or dancing their routine. I've noticed plie, tendu turns, passe jumps and developpe in second turn out from Elizabeth Lentz. I also saw the geometric form(head being the circle, the body being the square and stretched out leg forming a triangle) from Jamie Hall when she posed this at downstage. This was an interesting piece which gave me time to think about it more and more as i watched it. The next piece, "Bull" was very funny and entertaining. There wasn't much of ballet techniques but I saw mirroring between Louis Gervais (YOU!) and his partner, John Dixon. There also was shifting weights and sometimes making it equal so that they'll be able to carry out each other with no other support other than their foreheads. I thought it was nice was to end the show with "Center My Heart." All the dancers had straight alignment and had turned out feet with other techniques I have mentioned earlier. Other than specific techniques, I've noticed how they were stretching their body and making it long and having the three spheres keep rolling in their fast and slow movements. I've noticed what we have been practicing in our class. Just through seven pieces of dance, I was able to get so much out of it and am very pleased with all the things I've noticed. I didn't realize but as I'm writing this and reminiscing each piece, I really enjoyed every single piece. It was a great show!
The Chamber Dance Production was emotionally moving. It was clear from the top of the show that these dancers have been training for many years. When Catherine Cabeen enter the stage in her sparkling, flowing, blue gown, in the first number (“Night”) it was easy to see she had been practicing ballet for many years. Her muscles have been trained to have a strong, lean, long appearance as well as agile mobility. Her strong dancer’s physique was noticeable even under many folds of fabric, which must have been a bit of a challenge to get used to. However challenging the costumes must have been, it helped me see the visual extension of her lengthy lines. The imaginary line of energy, which was discussed in class was now quite plainly visible and makes me think “Now why didn’t I ever see it that way before? It makes so much sense!” This realization of “I see it, I get it” happened throughout the show because of the skill level displayed.
This beautiful dancing ability was apparent for Elizabeth Lentz in the “Fire Dance” as well. The lighting was also another great visual queue to the idea that energy should radiate out through the feet and hands and head.
One of the best things about this show was that every performer was happy to do it and was having a fun time dancing. The dancers were inviting in their presence and gestures. It was interesting that by smiling at each other they were able to allow the façade of a serious dance show to open up and remind me that these are real people who love to dance. It is up lifting to see other individuals doing something beautiful with their lives and that they are willing to share that joy with others. The pieces that did this the most were “Bull” obviously and “Center My Heart”. This summer I stumbled across the group rehearsing the latter piece and they were having a lot of fun doing it then, so it was pleasant to see that joy of learning transformed and carried into the performance. This is something that is challenging in beginning ballet and dance because a) the movements are awkward when the muscle memory has not been built or trained and b) it is easy to get stuck on the foot work, steps, and geometrical shapes, along with the “why won’t my body just do it?” frustrated questions. So it was great to see a perfect mixture of grand technique and the bliss of dancing.
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One thing that stood out to me at the Concert was, for a cast of ballet-trained dancers, ballet was conspicuously absent (I did see some ballet things, but I'll get to that in a bit). It was interesting to see where the dancing departed from ballet or where it was almost ballet but stopped short. Like Elizabeth's turns in Fire Storm - she spun and spun, a difficult feat, but even more so because she appeared not to be spotting. Matt and Catherine, in the Joseph Gifford pieces, extended their legs but the line was stopped short at a flexed foot. They also often had scrunched arms instead of the long lines of ballet arms. My take on this would be that the dance, instead of expressing just the strength and grace of the body that ballet emphasizes, was manipulated to express different emotions that were more unique to each piece.
Now, for the ballet that I did see. This may sound strange after making such a point of the lack of lines, but I think that the way that ballet showed through most is when the lines were there. I think they were pretty obvious in the Loie Fuller pieces, as the dancers stretched and stretched to make full theatrical use of their costumes. I also noticed that Elizabeth seemed to whip her back arm around faster as she turned so that it spent only a fraction of a second out of the view of the audience to keep her lengthened limbs visible.
Overall, I really enjoyed the Concert and look forward to future performances.
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