Boston Ballet: Pricked Dress Rehearsal: Cacti

 

Cacti is one of the most invigorating ballets I've ever seen, and maybe a new favorite! It's edge of your seat  entertaining, wildly comical (Whitney Jensen and Jeffrey Cirio) and highly recommended, if you get a chance to go (on until May 18!)

See the rest of Pricked, here: Études and DMJ.

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Boston Ballet: Pricked Dress Rehearsal: DMJ

You saw PART I of my behind the scenes look at the Boston Ballet's Dress Rehearsal for PRICKED (on now, until May 18)

Here's a look at DMJ.. with leads beautifully performed by Lia Cirio and Lasha Khozashvili...

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Boston: MFA, Boston Loves Impressionism

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Boston: The Nutcracker 2013: A Backstage Look, Part III

There's nothing quite like a finale in theater...the anticipation, the climax, the final interaction between the dancers and the audience when the dancers take their final bows to thunderous applause!

The Nutcracker's final scenes are some of the most spectacular, with so many performances one after another, with nary a break in between for some of the dancers!

How they do it, I don't know...

Thank you to the Boston Ballet for having me!

Boston: The Nutcracker 2013: A Backstage Look, Part II

Intermission to the audience is a chance to stretch, to walk about the beautiful Opera House theater for a snack or drink, or to run to the restroom.

On the other side of the curtain, intermission is a smoothly managed production of switching from one act to the next.

It means sweeping up all the "snow" from the Waltz of the Snowflakes, lowering the giant chandelier props from the rafters, rotating the stage lighting so that leftover snow falls off.

It means stretches and warmups for the dancers, and setting up the dry ice machines for what's coming up next....

When the curtain rises again, everyone is ready...

More to come!