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withdiamonds at 12:55am on 26/10/2003
withdiamonds at 12:55am on 26/10/2003There is nothing more cracked-out than the plotline of a classic ballet. I've had a subscription to the Pittsburgh ballet for years, and tonight was Swan Lake. Dude. Who thinks this shit up? How does a swan drown itself? Why do queens always want their sons to pick a bride from a line-up of girls on their birthday? Why does the choreography involve such melodramatic miming?
When the Prince got a sparkly crossbow from his mother for his birthday, and was caressing it lovingly before deciding to go on a midnight swan hunt, my friend turned to me and said "Hey, it's just like my husband's gun club. Look at the wood, touch it, stroke it."
There was a jester character in the first act that was *so* Jack McFarland. We may have giggled a lot during the first act.
The corp de ballet was beautiful, however, which is the whole reason to see Swan Lake, and the pas de deux at the end of the second act made me cry.
And it's late, but there's a new Rhys story. I see no sleep in my near future.
When the Prince got a sparkly crossbow from his mother for his birthday, and was caressing it lovingly before deciding to go on a midnight swan hunt, my friend turned to me and said "Hey, it's just like my husband's gun club. Look at the wood, touch it, stroke it."
There was a jester character in the first act that was *so* Jack McFarland. We may have giggled a lot during the first act.
The corp de ballet was beautiful, however, which is the whole reason to see Swan Lake, and the pas de deux at the end of the second act made me cry.
And it's late, but there's a new Rhys story. I see no sleep in my near future.
giggly