At the ballet
So last week I went to the ballet.
It was a salute to Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, who both had long careers with the NYC Ballet before and after their fame on Broadway.
There were three dances. The first was "Fancy Free". It's 1944 and three sailors are on shore leave in NYC. If that sounds familiar...well, you've seen their musical, On the Town.
The third dance was actually a suite of dances from one of my favorite musicals, West Side Story. Of course I enjoyed the performance. The dancing was amazing.
The second dance was unlike the first or the third. "The Dybukk", based on a Yiddish play, is about a dybukk, an evil spirit, who possesses a bride to be. It is full of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalistic imagery, including two singers who perform Hebrew prayers.
The symbol chosen to represent the entire performance, pictured below, is a representation of a magical, mystic incantation invoking one of the Kabbalist names of G-d. The design represents the infinite nature of the divine. Very intriguing,
It was a salute to Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, who both had long careers with the NYC Ballet before and after their fame on Broadway.
There were three dances. The first was "Fancy Free". It's 1944 and three sailors are on shore leave in NYC. If that sounds familiar...well, you've seen their musical, On the Town.
The third dance was actually a suite of dances from one of my favorite musicals, West Side Story. Of course I enjoyed the performance. The dancing was amazing.
The second dance was unlike the first or the third. "The Dybukk", based on a Yiddish play, is about a dybukk, an evil spirit, who possesses a bride to be. It is full of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalistic imagery, including two singers who perform Hebrew prayers.
The symbol chosen to represent the entire performance, pictured below, is a representation of a magical, mystic incantation invoking one of the Kabbalist names of G-d. The design represents the infinite nature of the divine. Very intriguing,
Wow. Sounds like a great performance.
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