Mostly boring
by MusicNotes on 2016-10-09Sony Centre For The Performing Arts - TorontoThe contrast of this programme to what I saw at the Wednesday night show (I went to both) was black and white! Wednesday night show - fantastic and magical! Thursday night - so very boring! First half of the night went on and on and on...just wouldn't end! Contemporary ballet: bland colour, bland choreography, dull music, boring lighting etc. of technical, soul-less dancing. This followed by an overlong intermission, followed by an interesting 2 person 15 min. dance, followed by yet another! 10 minute intermission, followed by a boring one-person dance piece to finally! get to some dance with some energy and interest - the Ukrainian dance troupe! No surprise they got the rousing appreciation of the audience! The whole thing ran 20+ minutes over schedule, was a mostly boring programme, with overkill of the classical/contemporary ballet piece to start the night...rather than putting the audience to sleep to begin, it would have been better to have left the ballet to the end....many people left prior to intermission... I'm so glad I had the chance to see the Wed. night showcase - if I'd only seen the Thursday night show, I would never go again. Now I know that the programming can be uneven, and that what night you choose to attend can mean that you either got lucky ...or not.