Thursday, December 3,1987/The Battalion/Page 7
Oakland Ballet performers offer
mystical showing of ‘Nutcracker’
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By Tom Reinarts
Reviewer
The average age of the audience
for the Texas A&M Memorial Stu
dent Center Opera and Performing
Arts Society show Wednesday eve
ning at Rudder Auditorium was con
siderably lower than it has been for
past performances. The major rea
son for this was the fact that the
“Nutcracker” was being presented
and many children were attending.
The Oakland Ballet provided the
dancers and the music, written by
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovski, was played
by the Brazos Valley Symphony Or
chestra. The ballet was choreo
graphed by Ronn Guidi and, accord-
Review
The Snow Cavalier lifts up the Snow Queen in the
first act of the “Nutcracker,” as performed by the
Photo by Robert W. Rizzo
Oakland Ballet. The cavalier was played by Ron
Thiele and the queen by Erin Leedom.
ing to the show program, has been
performed by the Oakland Ballet
since 1972.
The ballet company was founded
in 1965 by Guidi. The company,
which has a total of only 28 mem
bers, has a rep- -■
utation for
doing unique,
innovative and
historically sig
nificant works. In the past it has pre
sented ballets such as Bronislava
Nijinska’s “Les Biches” and “Les
Noces,” as well as other contempo
rary pieces.
The program also states that
Guidi’s interpretation of “Nutcrack
er” follows the original story written
by E.T.A. Hoffmann rather than the
ballet adaptation by Alexandre
Dumas.
“Nutcracker” tells the tale of a
mystical Christmas. When the mag
ical Uncle Drosselmeyer and his
nephew visit the children Marie,
Fritz and Louise, he gives them each
a gift, and the toy nutcracker is given
to Drosselmeyer’s favorite niece,
Marie.
After an entertaining evening
Marie dreams that the toy nut
cracker comes to life as a prince. In
the dream the mouse king chal
lenges the prince to capture Marie
but finally is defeated. Marie and the
prince then are escorted through the
Land of Snows to the Kingdom of
Sweets for a celebration.
The best performance of the eve
ning was given by Michael Lowe as
the Rose Cavalier. He is a talented
dancer with strength and excellent
execution. Erin Leedom as the Snow
Queen also gave a strong perfor
mance.
The show was light-hearted with
humor used in several places. When
the children Marie, Louise and Fritz
were playing, the antics were amus
ing, as was the dance of the ginger
children, who were portrayed by
children from the Oakland Ballet
Academy.
The costumes and scenery were
not lavish but still retained the flavor
of the classic tale. The outfit for
Drosselmeyer was the best, but those
for the snowflakes were disappoint
ing.
The Brazos Valley Symphnoy Or
chestra, led by Franz Anton Krager,
provided excellent accompaniment
for the ballet.
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