Ballet

[bohemian]

Does anyone like ballet? I love Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and have seen that a few times. Not so keen on classical stuff like Swan Lake, but I like modern ballet and dance. Just got tickets to a ballet to music by Frank Zappa - that should be interesting - at bayerische staatsoper!

[DW]

I wish I understood ballet. It is in the same class with opera. I get the feeling that there is something I am missing.

[DW]

I do like the two movie versions of "Ballet Shoes" and Degas' statue of the little dancer. Does that count?

[ava]

Does anyone like ballet? I love Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and have seen that a few times. Not so keen on classical stuff like Swan Lake, but I like modern ballet and dance. Just got tickets to a ballet to music by Frank Zappa - that should be interesting - at bayerische staatsoper!

 

 

I am more into classical ballet.  I have seen Swan Lake, Nutcracker, and some others.  Growing up in Chicago my mom would take us to see the ballet on a regular basis.  

 

I just love it, my daughter enjoys it, my husband and son do not.

[Precision]

Sorry Chris... I just can't get into watching women and young girls painfully twirling around on their tip toes, or froo froo Men ballet  dancing around in tights, but anything by Frank Zappa...Yeah Bring it on!     

[bohemian]

That was what jumped off the page at me when I saw it!  We will be in Munich for a week and I thought it would be cool to visit the Opera House (my wife and I love opera too) so I checked the schedule to see what was on that week.  How could I refuse the Zappa ballet?

 

(Of course, by 'ballet' it's doubtful that it refers to anything in a classical format - I would think that 'modern dance' will be a more accurate description.  I can't imagine how they would dance to Zappa's music - but then they said that about Prokofiev and Stravinsky too!))

[Wren]

I like Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet but I've not seen the ballet.

Enjoyed ballet set to Carl Orff's Carmina Burana a couple times long ago. 

Zappa and ballet, could be fun.