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 Re: Pittsburgh Ballet Dumps Live Music
Author: msloss 
Date:   2005-08-04 20:54

Most people also go to the disco to dance themselves, not watch others in performance. And even so, the turntablists at the clubs now are creating new mixes and new pieces on the fly (musique concrete anybody?). I don't think the comparison holds up.

Perhaps for pure dancing afficionados who truly are only interested in the people on the stage this might be acceptable. For most of the performing arts audience though a ballet is the sum total of the live music and the live dance. I've said this before on the board -- the life goes out of a performance given to a recorded track. There is no opportunity for a dancer, or singer for that matter, to stretch a moment, extend a phrase, change pacing, etc. That kind of rigidity turns it into a purely mechanical athletic exercise. The creative moment is diminished. And at a more practical level, if something goes wrong on stage, and it will, the tape is merciless. It doesn't slow down, it can't skip a measure to catch up. What is left of the illusion is blown at that point because it can't be fixed. A live orchestra can serve the dancers. In the new world order, the dancers are slaves to the tape.

Frankly, to get half a live performance, I would only pay half the money. It really is a shame. From what I understand, axing the orchestra is saving them less than 10% of their operating budget. Giving away 50% to get 10% must be part of that new-fangled math they are teaching nowadays.
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