Last weekend Lee Szee invited to watch the ballet concert, I never try this type of concert, so, I decided to join her. This show is ballet dance show. The concert name is “Red Giselle Eifman Ballet of St Petersburg”.

Yesterday night (Thursday, 12th Oct) was the concert, I reached Esplanade around 7:15pm, after the testing at client site, Lee Szee still rushing to Esplanade from her working place, at first thinking to have dinner before the concert, but, due to her workload, hahhaa…. Don’t think we can make it! :D

   

While waiting Lee Szee, I walked around the Esplanade, the place that hold all the art and concert in Singapore, the outlook of this building is like a “DURIAN”. Inside this building, you will see a lot of art decoration every month, or some free program at the center. I took this photo that created and performed by the art student.

 

When Lee Szee reached, is around 7:45pm, we quickly went into the theater hall, and very exciting to watch this show! OK! the first impression when the concert started, I was amazed! The dancers’ body shape is very good and muscular, very SKINNY! Or I should say TOO SKINNY! Gosh! I think they can’t eat much everyday. I’m appreciate I can eat whatever I want, and no need to maintain this type of skinny shape. :D The main actor is very good dancer. This ballet is not the classic ballet, at first Lee Szee thought it was a classic ballet, like the SWAN LAKE ballet. This show is more to the modern ballet, is another experience for us, we did enjoy it. This is 20 century ballet style, their body language is very good! Fantastic! But, some part I was a bit lost. Hahhaa… and sometime I was not really know how to appreciate it. Opppsss!!!

The story is very sad, traces the dramatic rise and fall of a gifted but doomed ballerina who is driven to madness by her art, loves and ghosts of her past. It is based on the life of Russian ballerina Olga Spessivtseva (1895-1991), known for her unforgettable portrayal of the title role in the ballet Giselle, and whose life seems to have mirrored the heroine’s tragic spiral into madness.

I saw a lot of foreigners came to watch this type of show, I think not many Asian know how to appreciate it?! but, surprisingly, I saw a lot of youngster attended the show, maybe they are learning ballet. J

When the show ended, a lot of people stand up and clapped the hand. I can see they are really appreciated the dancers’ passion and outstanding performance. Me and Lee Szee also enjoyed the night with this new experience, it was a amazing and different show we have watched previously! - Alison