Aaron asked out of the blue if I wanted to attend the ballet; my answer is always yes. We went to see The Tempest which was a 3 piece ballet, the last being The Tempest. Tempest happens to be my least favorite Shakespeare play but I've never seen it live so I was willing to give it a chance. Maybe it's the way I've always read it, that it doesn't come off the page in a realistic way. The ballet was enjoyable and it was easy to follow since I knew the premise, but Aaron didn't know it and was therefore in the dark. The choreography for the corps was by far the best of the night, absolutely beautiful chaos as wind and the sea's waves.
We also got to see a 4 person ballet of sections based on Othello. I loved it but Aaron didn't really like it. There was no pointe work. The only thing about it that bothered me was that the man playing Othello wasn't black. Normally I wouldn't care about race, especially in a ballet, but Othello is the moor of Venice, a character that is always black.
We sat in the 4th ring, row G. The seats were far, but ballet is something you can see from afar. I brought my binoculars and I was fine. The best part of the night was that since it wasn't the Nutcracker or Swan Lake, only hard core ballet fans went. There wasn't any phone conversations, texting, and even coughing was kept to a minimum. We also saw it on a friday night....pretty nerdy of us on a Friday, no?
