Relaxing weekend My last weekend was really relaxing and easy going. On Friday evening we went clubbing to the Marquee, but we had the same problem as I posted some days ago. It was really crowed and most of the people where just siting around. I really don't know why there are no real clubs where you can really dance.Therefore we didn't stay this long. On Saturday morning we drove to Long Island to spent the day at Jonas Beach, which is located directly next to Long Beach. The beach and sand was amazing howev.Metropolitan Opera: Giselle tickets. Ballet, Central Park, Chocolate, and Some Movies tickets, I haven't been blogging this week - too much time playing Word Twist and Scramble on Facebook? Yes, but I've been keeping myself busy offline, too. Tuesday evening, Mike invited me to the Metropolitan Opera to see the ballet Giselle.Believe it or not, it was my first time in the opera house. What a magnificent building! The ballet was quite impressive, though I did need to read the synopsis to understand the plot. I would have been completely lost in the second act had it not been. Giselle Giselle On Tuesday my friend G emailed me asking if I'd like to accompany him to see Giselle performed by the American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera. Um, waddya think? OF COURSE! One - I've never been to a ballet. Two - I've never been to the Metropolitan Opera. I had a volunteer thing that went until 8pm and the show began at 8. So I just asked him to leave my ticket at the front so that I can pick it up. I'd hop in a cab right at 8 and hopefully be there no later than. Metropolitan Opera: Giselle. MUSIC EDUCATION As schools face budget problems, music classes are often cut from the curriculum. Do you hope your child will one day play a musical instrument? Do you want your child to be able to read music? Do you want your child to appreciate different types of music? Do you want your child to know something about music history? Do you want your child to recognize the sound of each different instrument? Do you want your child to recognize such names as: Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Barry Tuckwell, Heinz Hollig. tickets. Four star desserts at the ballet Metropolitan Opera: Giselle, Four star desserts at the ballet At the opening night of American Ballet Theater's ?Don Quixote? last night, the first intermission turned into a dessert tasting for some lucky audience members. The Grand Tier Restaurant at the Metropolitan Opera House now pairs desserts that match the ballets, paying homage to ?Don Quixote?Swan Lake'Le Corsaire? and ?La Bayadere? among others. Anyone who is attending the ballet can go indulge, either before the show or at intermission. Executive. SFGate tickets, (04-21) 14:41 PDT New York (AP) ? New York culture mavens are notoriously jaded. After all, you can see almost anything here. But the past three weeks were a treat for even the most blase ballet fans. The Kirov Ballet was in town.for the first time in six years. The engagement that ended Sunday, bringing some 100 dancers (plus orchestra) to City Center, gave New Yorkers a rare look at some of the most talented performers in the world some now at the top, and some on their way up. Barring. Cleaning out the big notebook: The dancers HAPPY FEET: Peng-Yu Chen, center, and Nicole Johnson, right, rehearse for big at the Atlanta Ballet studios. For more photos of dancers rehearsing the show, click here. (Photo by Joeff Davis) My cover story about big, the collaboration between OutKast's Big Boi and the Atlanta Ballet, will appear in this week's issue and shoul.d be ?live? on the Creative Loafing website by Wednesday afternoon ? complete with the story and a few online extras. But there's PLENTY of stuff that didn't make.tickets. DANCE: Prima Ballerina Nina Ananiashvili & State Ballet of Georgia launches first-ever U.S. Tour DANCE: Prima Ballerina Nina Ananiashvili .&.State Ballet of Georgia launches first-ever U.S. Tour State Ballet of Georgia launches first-ever U.S. tour at UC Berkeley Kathleen Maclay - UC Berkeley News , February 14 The State Ballet of Georgia launches its first-ever U.S. tour at UC Berkeley today (Thursday, Feb. 14), presented by Cal Performances at Zellerbach Hall in shows that run through Sunday. The ballet's American visit highlights the once-struggling troupe's resurgence after.tickets. |