It all kicked off on Friday night with a lovely dinner at EQ (I had the spaghetti with calamari - very nice and light) followed by a night at the ballet! We watched the Stanton Welch version of Sleeping Beauty. I've said it before and I'll say it again, as a narrative medium, I think ballet fails. We hadn't read our synopsis sheets by the time we took our seats and naturally the first act didn't make much sense to us. I also liked the giant rat costumes *thumbs up*. If I had to complain, it would be that the dance-off at the end of the third act which is usually different dancers showing off (the Nureyev version described it was guests at the wedding) had the same dancers dancing over and over and it went for too long. That's not to say it wasn't excellent dancing, but I found out later I wasn't the only one thinking *omg, hurry up I want to go home!*.
And so to close that, here's a clip of Alina Cojocaru from the Royal Ballet rehearsing the Rose Adagio - hardest bit in ballet!
Bride and flower girl 
With the Maid of Honour
The utterly delicious menu!!! 
Bride and groom give their speech in the shadow of the huge cake (which I was too full to eat, *sob sob*)
The next day, I dragged my sorry self out to have yumcha, after which I was delivered home and had a much longed-for nap. That was REALLY awesome :D.
1 comment:
Spiffy tie, H!
Post a Comment