The Traveling Ballerina Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) I wasn't sure the best place to post this and my intent was to add this to a conversation going on in the "Press Releases and Season Announcements" section, but for some reason I am unable to post a reply there. I didn't see the performance, but I have contributors to The Traveling Ballerina who did. This is their review. Personally, don't think it's my cup of tea. Edited December 11, 2018 by The Traveling Ballerina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendangeuse Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (I am also experiencing the same problem posting in the earlier topic) I will be going to the NYC performance of Sleeping Beauty Dreams on December 14th. I actually did some work in university on new, aesthetic, performance related possibilities of VR/AR, so I'm mostly going for the projected elements. I'm curious to see how they are integrated into the performance. In the past, dance performances I've seen that use projection/AR/VR fail to integrate them into a performance in a meaningful way. (Barak Ballet's E/SPACE comes to mind. It was lovely, but the projections really felt like a gimmick.) I'm curious to see what approach SPD takes. But the main reason I'm posting in advance of the performance is because the Beacon Theatre is currently running a promotion on Sleeping Beauty Dreams tickets that I wanted to share. Code "BEAUTY" will apparently get you 25% off select tickets/seating sections on Ticketmaster, for anyone else who is curious. The Traveling Ballerina review (which I found via your website; the link posted just brings me back to this page) mentioned Vishneva performing to a "partially full" house in Miami. Perhaps the performance isn't selling much better here in New York.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Traveling Ballerina Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, vendangeuse said: The Traveling Ballerina review (which I found via your website; the link posted just brings me back to this page) ... I have fixed the link - thanks for pointing that out! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts about the performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nysusan Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I went to the 12/15 performance. For the first 20 minutes or so I thought Sleeping Beauty Nightmares would have been a better title - typical contemporary dance angst choreography. Though since this was a Vishnea project it was danced at a very high level. It improved - the projections were interesting and while the electronica music bore no resemblance to anything I can imagine accompanying Petipa's Aurora's 100 year's worth of dreams, if you took it on its own terms it was interesting. Gomes did not appear in tonight's performance - the prince was danced by a thin blond dancer. There were no programs or cast lists so if anyone knows who it was please post his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I believe it was Nick Palmquist, Marcelo's husband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rg Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 indeed, one of the few programs to be had last night at the Beacon listed Nicholas Palmquist as performing "The prince" (December 15). after Gomes's name the dates December 7, 8 and 14 were given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamer Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I always thought Nick was a redhead. But here is his Instagram post: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nysusan Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Thanks Barbara and rg for identifying Nick Palmquist as the prince on 12/15. I asked several ushers and was told there were no programs or casting info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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