![]() ![]() It is three women who are determined to help change the way things were and/or are. Spaulding, II, and Anthony Santos in a captivating number for the trio of dancers.Ī different type of number then came on the stage as Change, which had it’s world premier just two years ago. After a short break they presented Gustav Mahler’s Adagietto No. The whole company takes part in the three movements. On Saturday they opened with the ballet New Bach, which is danced to Bach’s violin concerto in A minor. Virginia Johnson directs with a dance company of 17 who worked through some exciting numbers on Saturday evening and again at their Sunday matinee. And this is a celebration of his work, as well as of the 50th year for the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Sad to say that the dancer who started the company, Arthur Mitchell, passed away just last month, after a career of more than 50 years in ballet. Great thanks must go out to our Atlanta Ballet for helping to bring the Dance Theatre of Harlem back for some spectacular perfomanances here. And even if you aren’t a rock fan, you can enjoy the story as all comes out well in the end. So, knowing it isn’t all a sing-along type of show, it is one that youngsters and oldsters with a love of rock will thoroughly enjoy. These youngsters are an incredible delight, and the audience goes ape for them as they win a big competition in the final scene. It does bring to mind why so many actors never like to share the stage with animals or kids. They work through 20 scenes and quite a few numbers, and energy may be what it is all about. He carries the load of keeping things on the track as he is onstage with a dozen young players, who are actually hitting the keys and strumming the tunes they work through even though an orchestra is in the pit to fill in other music. Merritt David Janes is on stage throughout the play as Dewey, the rock loser. And that is where the real action takes place, as he turns those bored kids into a rock group that rocks the town. If you have seen the film or know the story, it’s about a rock musician whose career has yet to take off, and how he grabs a strange opportunity to make something of, and for, himself at a posh prep school. If rock isn’t your genre, you may be a bit concerned in the opening scenes but hang in as things get much better as the story develops. This is quite different, in that it is all about kids and rock music. It isn’t a Cats or Phantom, and unless you can just keep singing Stick It to the Man, you aren’t going to leave the theater humming the tunes. For some of us old-timers, it may be hard to conceive that Andrew Lloyd Webber created this one. ![]()
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