anne muelleer is my favorite dancer . while alison roper gets most of the limelight and she is indeed splendid, I favor mueller because her humor and expressiveness and verve. last night we went to OBT and you know how they sell old dance shoes with the artist's signature. so i bought a pair of mueller's shoes to go ina shadlow box next to my memorabilia of helen mirren in Dance of Death in NYC a few years back. I am not generally a groupie but some artists give me the shivers and the chance to see them in person is a thrill.
(these were NOT the costumes they wore, damn it)
the program itself had two very exciting pieces by contemporary choreographers and then there was a very hokey and dull ( even the costumes made me yawn) one act version of midsummer nights dream- mendelsohn. I do not understand why people insist on taking ahakespeare and putting in opera or dance form. I mean we are talking about some oof the greatest words ever written and they take them all out and expect it to work. the bard IS the text , really i dont get it. But it is fun that ballet and dance in general season is up and running again. It is my favorite form of performance art/theatre.
today I will check out an obscenely low priced floor loom i found through the weavers guild. will keep you posted.
