I got to go along to a dance show at the London Coliseum, where the ENO is based. This time there were no mistakes made by opera singers, instead it was just an evening of great dance. I never thought I would actually go see something like this, because not only was it just dance, but it was only men dancing. It was supposedly a retrospective of male dance throughout the ages, and I gotta say it was really good.
It started off pretty slow, with this weird faun dance. Some guy was dressed up like a satyr and then there wasn't really any dancing, just really slow, controlled movements, which I suppose is a skill in itself. It didn't really grab me though, and I was a bit worried that the whole evening would be like that. Luckily each dance after that was better than the one before, so perhaps it's best that they started off on a real low point, otherwise there would have been no where to go.
Not only was the dancing really good but they had a live orchestra, which I always like. It has been on tour a little bit, so seriously if it comes through your town I would go see it. The dances don't go for that long, so if there is one that isn't so appealing you know it will be over soon. Or you can just close your eyes and listen to the music. But they were so good at capturing the feel of the music in their dance, I never really appreciated that before, probably never having seen such good dancers/choreographers before.
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