La Bayadere was wonderful!
by chiballet250 on 11/2/13Auditorium Theatre - ChicagoThe Joffrey gave a beautiful and unforgettable performance of La Bayadere, I look forward to seeing other full length ballets they are doing in the future!
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The Joffrey gave a beautiful and unforgettable performance of La Bayadere, I look forward to seeing other full length ballets they are doing in the future!
Nothing beats live music and dancers. Having seen this ballet on TV we were very excited to be there. Unfortunately I cannot comment a lot becasue from our horrible seats (section UBXL7, Row 2, Seats 1,2 & 3) we couldn't see the dancers feet.
Dancing and story was wonderful. We were hoping for Indian music.
great story and ballet. Excellent orchestra...very haunting and moving score. All dancers were great.
Loved this ballet, wonderful storyline, great ballet to take children because of the costumes,
Not enough dancers unfortunately, especially in Act II; not enough shades of course; not enough space on the stage anyway. Act II was particularly poor: no ensemble; no parrot dance, etc. The last act was rather confusing: the changes made to the traditional plot were not obvious. The female dancers were good, but the STAR of the show was Ogulcan Borova: he really stood out; to see him simply walking was in itself a delight, to say nothing of his marvelous jumps. I am surprised he landed at the Joffrey; He should be at the Kirov! The orchestra was OK.
This was a terrific ballet with great music, beautiful costumes and a convoluted love story that was surprisingly easy to follow. It was dramatic and had some difficult dance moves well executed. A very enjoyable experience.
It is the most wonderful and beautifully done ballet. It is totally enjoyable.
The ballet choreography is pretty plain, much worse than the original choreography by Marius Petipa. Choreographer should be more knowledgeable and thoughtful when he works on new choreography of ballet that already been designed by famous old masters and performed with great success for many years by many famous ballet troupes. Joffrey ballet dancers should improve their skills. I would recommend hiring teacher from Moscow, or St. Petersburg, or Paris choreography schools to train Joffrey dancers. I would say that it was worse Joffrey ballet performance that I had a chance to see for last 15 years. They could do better. The ticket price is getting hire opposite of the performance quality. The ticket checker scanner should able to scan printed document on the electronic device like telephone. Unfortunately the scanner was not able to do it, or the ticket checker was not train good enough to accomplish the task. The ticket prices are raised and the performance quality is getting worse. My note to ticket master web: When user has already selected the tickets and going to pay the web should display all fees and the final price that buyer has to pay. Unfortunately the final ticket master fee $3.30 came on the last display – it’s poor design and confuse the user. It should be improved.
Excellent Event! Dancing, costuming and, staging was great!