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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "The glittering parties and individual turbulence of America's Roaring Twenties captured by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel 'The Great Gatsby' holds alluring potential for ballet."
i would love to see this book performed as a ballet. When I read the book, it felt as though it werre missing something, because I couldn't hear the music, it was missing some strong emotion. Telling the story through dance would bring all of the necessary feelings and moods together and create a more compact better story.
I am really going to try and see this ballet. What a great idea! I love the book so much and the story is so compelling and, like the article said, very human. I also like the idea of a nation trying to aspire to something, being given vast opportunity. Its a rather optimistic outlook that I think is a nice break from some of the more depressing shows I've seen recently.
I love this story so much too! I think that it is an amazing opportunity for a dance piece, not only do you have to portray the type of dance and style of the period, but you have to do so in a manner that would attract today's audience. I think that this show has great opportunity for glamour and glitz, but also is an opportunity to really delve into the society at the time.
I saw a flyer for this lying on the ground a few days ago and thought: "cool!" I'm a fan of dance, and love working dance shows. This sounds like a great production to go see--the story is popular and the music and costumes should be wonderful. I wish them much success.
I wonder how they would tell a story such as The Great Catsby through dance. I know it is certainly possible to, but the complexity of this story and the occurences would be very interesting to see through movement. This production has a great deal of potential, but I feel like its audience would have to be a more targeted demographic.
i would love to see this book performed as a ballet. When I read the book, it felt as though it werre missing something, because I couldn't hear the music, it was missing some strong emotion. Telling the story through dance would bring all of the necessary feelings and moods together and create a more compact better story.
ReplyDeleteI am really going to try and see this ballet. What a great idea! I love the book so much and the story is so compelling and, like the article said, very human. I also like the idea of a nation trying to aspire to something, being given vast opportunity. Its a rather optimistic outlook that I think is a nice break from some of the more depressing shows I've seen recently.
ReplyDeleteI love this story so much too! I think that it is an amazing opportunity for a dance piece, not only do you have to portray the type of dance and style of the period, but you have to do so in a manner that would attract today's audience. I think that this show has great opportunity for glamour and glitz, but also is an opportunity to really delve into the society at the time.
ReplyDeleteI saw a flyer for this lying on the ground a few days ago and thought: "cool!" I'm a fan of dance, and love working dance shows. This sounds like a great production to go see--the story is popular and the music and costumes should be wonderful. I wish them much success.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how they would tell a story such as The Great Catsby through dance. I know it is certainly possible to, but the complexity of this story and the occurences would be very interesting to see through movement. This production has a great deal of potential, but I feel like its audience would have to be a more targeted demographic.
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