the ballet. The sf ballet is US premiering the John neumeier version
of the little mermaid, and before you say how quaint let's take the
kids, I should mention that it is really gorgeous, slow, and super
avantgarde. In fact it was more like a modern dance wordless opera
than a ballet. The lead dancer (yuan yuan tan) portrays the mermaid so
amazingly. The angst and frustration at the new legs and lost love
(spoiler alert the ending is not like Disney at all) was totally
inspiring. It's been quite some time since i'd been to the ballet, and
i thoroughly enjoyed myself. If you're open to a nontraditional ballet
experience, you best get yourself to the opera house stat. The last
performance is this weekend.
Sidenote: the gal in the poster behind us is mascha, one of chuckles'
friends. I swear, this guy knows everyone.
