Saturday and Sunday turned out to
be days for the ballet. The weather is hot and humid (in the 90’s), so walking
around is not fun! Indoors sounds much better!
On Saturday we got tickets for the
American Ballet’s production of “Don Quixote” which was performed at Lincoln
Center. It turns out that neither of us has ever seen a live ballet performance
and we were quite surprised at how much we enjoyed it. It is the typical story
of Don Quixote, Sancho Panza, and the search for his ideal woman, Dulcinea. But
it is really a love story between Kitri and Basilio, who must dance and stay
together in spite of her father’s wanting to marry her off to the comic
character of Gamache, a foppish nobleman. There were lots of beautiful
costumes, fantastic leaps and twirls, and a general feeling of beauty, love,
and joy throughout the performance. Needless to say the lovers managed to stay
together and Don Quixote went on with his search.
On Sunday we had plans to meet
Hildie and Marion for dinner and a show! We went to the Joyce Theater on 8th
Avenue and 18th Street. We have always loved going to that theater
to see dance programs since Don’s cousin turned us on to it years ago. They are
having a ballet festival with a different ballet company every few days. The
company performing was called BalletX. They are headquartered in Philadelphia,
so we have come full circle again! They do contemporary ballet and were quite
talented and energetic.
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