I know a bank where the wild thyme blows....

[thoreau]

The title to this post is one of Oberon's magical lines from William Shakespeare's lush "MidSummer Night's Dream" The production I saw this evening with the Pacific Northwest Ballet - had none of Shakespeare's words but was danced to Mendelssohn's Overture and Incidental Music to Midsummer Night's Dream. It was marvelous - the fairy kingdom exploded in dance with the frantic comings and goings of the mismatched lovers making for delicious and often comic choreography. It was stunning! The original Balanchine choreography (debuted at the New York City Ballet in 1962) still felt fresh and compelling. He used the "pas de deus" or metaphor/dance of love to make us fall in love over and over with Titania, Oberon, Puck, Helenia and Demitrius and Hermia and Lysander. I had never seen the ballet - and it was simply breathtaking.

Comments

[pulsecub.livejournal.com]

jealousjealousjealousjealousjealousjealousjealousjealous

So there. :P

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

http://www.balletwest.org/Performances/performance.html

whats stopping you from going there?

[pulsecub.livejournal.com]

Mostly these days it's time and money. I used to have season tickets to Ballet West.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

And here I was wondering how you were going to connect Wells Fargo and ballet! Hehehe ....

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

oh - bank. oh - - giggle - now I get it. Wild Thyme blows at Wells Fargo? Really?

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

hmmm ... Wild Thyme could be a drag name:)