I graduated from UC Irvine in 2015 with my BFA in Dance and Choreography. It is a nice touch though.I grew up in San Diego, honing my technical skills in Dance while training and competing in Judo - a Japanese martial art form I carry layered in my dancing body, honoring my heritage as a multigenerational Japanese-American woman. The water was really cool, but maybe a bit overkill and not worth it if it causes this much work and stress for everyone involved. Maybe go with some fake water or something. I hope they sorted that out and no one got in too much trouble. Eventually it was all good and the show went on. So we understood that they needed to take as long as it took to address it. Hey, things happen, and the dancer’s safety is priority. I had cool people around me so we were talking and joking around while it was being addressed.

Something went wrong there and we spent about 30 minutes waiting on it to be sorted out. There was a scene were real water came up, and then at the end it was supposed to be dried up and drained out. One of the scenes, and this I’m sure was a source of stress for the staff, was the water scene. I’m not crapping on the show, I enjoyed it and like I said, I was moved to tears a few times solely on the beauty of it. I’m being a bit more open with my critique because this was their “preview” so I presume they want feedback from the audience members. They gotta sort out the volume and the bass situation. When music was playing over dialogue, it was also very difficult to hear what was being said. Sadly, the music drowned out the vocals and I couldn’t really hear the songs. It is a musical so there was some singing which I’ve never cared much for on Broadway, but it was beautiful here. But though familiar, it was still fresh and new in its overall delivery.Īll that being said, the choreography, the music by Sia, the dancing, the set, it was absolutely beautiful. Overall, this follows a familiar trajectory in kung fu type shows where loved ones are pitted against each other by opposing forces. There are things you just don’t get to do and walk away! No, no, no! I didn’t understand that very much, if you watch the show, you’ll understand why I was tripping.Īlso, there were a few things that confused me regarding the plot, certain natural reactions and responses one would expect to see based on the story line and certain discoveries that were made by the characters. All I’m saying (without dropping spoilers) is that there has to be a time when you don’t just let someone walk away. Some of the stuff that happened didn’t make sense and left me kind of confused. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures during the show, but the set was beautiful. Several times throughout the production I was moved to tears simply because of the artistic beauty of it. So about the show, I’ll tell you guys, this show was a thing of beauty. This is tricky and if not for my wife catching it, I might have made the same mistake. Some folks thought they were buying seats next to each other, but because of the way the rows are actually setup, they ended up behind each other as opposed to next to one another. One thing I will say about buying tickets to The Shed is that you should definitely take note of the seating legend, especially if you getting seats on the side. I forgot my glasses, and from I was sitting in the H row I could see their faces clearly. This particular layout is intimate enough that even nosebleed seats are still relatively close. Don’t let the seating charts fool you, there really wasn’t a “bad seat” in the house. We had some really good seats by the way, they appear to be to the side, but the way this set was laid out, we were very close and had a spectacular view.

We caught it on opening day this past Saturday. Also, we were catching the previews of it so the tickets were a bit cheaper. Seeing as though it has been quite sometime since we’ve been to a show, we both figured this would be a nice one to hit. So this show appeared on my wife’s IG page and she showed it to me as a show of interest.

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