When I
heard that there was a ballet performance included in our program I was very
excited. I love going to the theater and I have seen my fair share of musicals
and Broadway shows. The only ballet I have
seen is The Nutcracker so I was very intrigued to see what I thought would be a
classic French ballet performance.
I was very
shocked when the performance started and I realized it was a modern
ballet. Since this is not what I had
expected I do not think I liked it as much as I thought I was going to. Don’t get me wrong the whole experience was
very interesting and the performers were amazingly talented. What I liked most about this show was the
lighting. Since it was a modern style of ballet there was a lot of strong,
bright, and harsh lights strobe like even and it made the show very
dramatic. One of my favorite parts was
when they played with the gold material because it had a cool fluid movement
and you could see everything from our seats way at the top.
Even if the
ballet wasn’t my favorite show, Palais Garnier itself was incredible. My mom had told me that it was one of her
favorite buildings in Paris so I knew it was going to be amazing. From the outside it was glowing with all of
the lights shining on it and the gold statues at the top, but it’s nothing
compared to the inside. The main room
where the staircase is was full of people when we walked in and everyone was in
awe of the detail of the room. Ours
seats inside the theater were at the very top, which was nice because we got to
be right up next to the ceiling. The
seats were red velvet and the whole place seemed to take me back in time. We snuck into a box seat after the show and
the view from there was insane and we took many pictures.
Overall I think
this opera house deserves more of a classic ballet because of its ancient
design and Kaguyahime should have been performed somewhere more modern like the
Opéra Bastille.
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