Post Gazette: Many turn to the arts to whisk them away from reality for the duration of a performance or gallery visit. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will transport audiences to Neverland next weekend when it opens its 42nd season with "Peter Pan" with live music at the Benedum Center, Downtown.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre to stage 'Peter Pan' with orchestra
Post Gazette: Many turn to the arts to whisk them away from reality for the duration of a performance or gallery visit. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will transport audiences to Neverland next weekend when it opens its 42nd season with "Peter Pan" with live music at the Benedum Center, Downtown.
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The idea of this production excites me very much. I have a feeling that this is more because Peter Pan is a childhood story and my childhood years are quickly fleeing me and less because of production value. Ballet's are beautiful to begin with and with the added magical element of flying, Peter Pan sounds sure to be a crowd pleaser. I find it encouraging and reassuring that PBT is putting on the production again and I wish them great luck and success!
I have seen peter pan many times both on stage and on DVD but I have never seen it as a ballet. The idea of this production seems like a wonderful way to add sophistication to a wonderful story that I have grown up with. I am very interested to see how the ballet works with the flying. I hope that it is a wonderful production and I would love to see it.
I think this is a very exciting production. I worked a community theatre production of the musical when I was in college and got some great experience as a flight operator. This performance sounds like it would be a fun job for the performers and technical crew, as well as a great show for the audience. The part of this story that caught my eye was the actor of Captain Hook having to dance with a hook and a sword. Anyone who has had to work with actors can tell the difference between one who knows how to handle props well and one who doesn't, and while the dancer of Captain Hook has his work cut out for him in other ways as well, I would like to applaud the fact he can dance and do his performance with those items. It isn't easy.
I think Peter Pan lends itself wonderfully to a balletic interpretation! As a child, and indeed even now, I did not particularly relate to the story, to me it seemed ridiculous to want to stay a child, adults made all the decisions, and adults were able to, as much as is possible, control their own destinies. That being said, any story set in a child's fantasy world is ripe for an aesthetic energy that the ballet can capture better than almost any other performance medium.
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