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Had a wonderful afternoon at the Saturday matinee performance. I thought it was a great adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and I loved the contemporary dance. Atmosphere was electric.
This ballet was absolutely delightful! A beautiful interpretation of a well loved book. The music was sensational and combined with the skilled dancers made for a evening of magic!
The overall production was extremely well done and the leads were great. I am a ballet purist and this was just too much "theatre" for me. It got off to a very slow and boring start, and I personally could not read the monitor. When it got going and you could see the difficult ballet movements and the Vivaldi kicked in, I liked it better. For me personally, the theme was too dark, the music dark, and there were no magical moments. I will stick to more traditional and modern ballet.
I really enjoyed Frankenstein. I went to the2:00 pm matinee on October 26th. The dancing; especially the Creature (Garrett Groat for this performance), was amazing. I loved the skeletal costume of the Creature but it was Garrett Groat’s Interpretive movements of the Creature that had my jaw dropping. The strength of John Canfield as Victor was amazing particularly when Victor and the Creature were in a duet. I enjoyed the mixed media of the screen above the stage displaying text; the screens with instant set changes of location (Mar-a-lago, Jasper, the meteorological station) was were very cool. I loved the whole performance. If I could have stayed in my seat I would have watched another performance. Congratulations to the whole company for such a beautiful show.
So scary and so fun! Loved every minute. I would definitely recommend!
felt like the same few segments played out over and over. there wasn't all that much to it. There wasn't a single moment I was blown away or anything memorable.
The show was fantastic overall. I'm happy that they decided to adapt the original novel and not the Hollywood stereotype. That being said some of the changes were interesting - I have no problem with them moving the story to America, or making it a modern retelling, but the wardrobe all seemed to be 1930s inspired while using smart phones and google maps to show location changes. Also, there is a good amount of text notation that is displayed above the stage - being in the front row I had to crane my neck to read it, missing out on some of the dance and on-stage effects.
Loved everything about this ballet! The costumes, music and of course, dancing were all spectacular. Loved the video projections...they really NB made everything come alive. Two hours flew by!
While different than all others, the Alberta Ballet's Frankenstein did not disappoint! We loved the visual mix of purposeful notes to keep one apprised, ominous audio and elegant dance especially by the monster! Without reading the book, it would have been difficult to follow along so the text above the stage was great. Choreography was brilliant! It needed a 14+ rating.
Several cool technical effects with the changing video screen background. The best ballet scenes were with the large troupe (Lab dance, Funeral). The story was disjointed and way tooooo many Newbury Street scenes.
The stage, costumes and main characters were fantastic. There was more dancing in the second act, but the first act built the story and really got you invested in what was happening in front of you. Frankenstein, The Creature, and Elizabeth were amazing to watch. The Creature (Zacharie Dun) moved gracefully yet jaggedly; it sent chills down the spine. My partner and I could not recommend this performance enough.
This was definitely a different experience. Darker than I expected and some of the visuals messed with me. Projection of the sets was disrupted by the dancers on the screen.
Well done and creepy. Only thought is they should have had a narrator instead of writing it out as not able to read it fast enough or missed it all together.
The dancers gave a wonderful performance. The only thing was, I sat in the second row (in front of the stage) and there was a written story line up in the ceiling that half the time I didn’t realize had anything to read. It was distracting as well unfortunately. But the performance itself was beyond amazing!
This was an amazing experience. The music was just wonderful and the dancing was spectacular.
The starting story line was hard to follow and match whom was who on the stage they were refering to. But this performance got 5 starts because visually it was stunning! Frankenstein's eerie yet beautiful dancing was captivating. A must see indeed!
A spooky tale that was truly scary at times, with great music and AMAZING choreography, smart and effective set design and video effects. The dancer who plays MONSTER is unbelievable in the way he moves his body and and gives life to this character. A masterpiece!
Oh, where to begin? The stagecraft and creative use of scrims and projections in lieu of sets is perfect to allow the flows of the dancers was brilliant! Mar-A-Lago as the womb of Frankenstein's hubris and innocence corrupted? Oh, my! As for everyone's favorite character, the Creation? His birth throes were a rictus of agony at his unnatural birth and the pain of rejection by his own father. His shambling walk and ragged clothes remind us of how we also reject and abuse the poor and homeless among us. We are no better than Frankenstein. The scene on the beach with the moon? Oh, how I wish I had chameleon eyes that could look at two things at once, the moon and the dancers. The ONLY thing I disliked was the venue. I'm short, but I have been in theatres with steep rakes such that I could sit behind Kobe Bryant and still see. The Jube's architects overlooked the basic element of playhouses of sightlines. It's frustrating being in the third row and having one's view obstructed by a fellow patron, and she was my height.
It was very creative and inventive. We liked the multi-media effects. Very modern in staging and presentation. Ballet does not always have to be about swans and nutcrackers. The lead male dancer was amazing. Well done.
Fantastic ballet. So creative. Had a great time. The dancer were all so good!!
