Adrianna and I went to see the Colorado Ballet’s production of Peter Pan at the Ellie Caulkins theatre earlier this month. It was the first time either of us had been to a professional ballet. Even though I knew it was a ballet and not a musical or regular play, it was still weird to me to not hear any dialogue or singing. But still very impressive and fun to watch.
Upon arrival to the theatre, all the children were handed a “fairy fixer” to be used later in the show. This light up wand was to be waved in the air to help Tinkerbell at the beginning of the second act. In the darkened theatre, the moment when everyone turned their fairy fixers on and waved them around was magical!
The way Tinkerbell was portrayed was pretty clever. Sometimes she was twinkling lights in the set and other times she was an actual dancer, lit up with sparkly lights.
Adrianna was thrilled that she got to keep the fairy fixer. Since I couldn’t take pictures during the show, this is her holding her fairy fixer before it began. Along with a photobomb of my hand.
Since the show was Peter Pan, the characters, of course, had to fly. Even when they were hooked up to ropes and high in the air, they were able to make their flying look graceful and like they were dancing.
I was glad they included Nanna in the story. She was as sweet in the ballet as she was in the Disney movie.
The music/theme for the braves was another highlight of the show for me.
When they shot the cannon, it made a loud boom which startled Adrianna (and me) quite a bit!
Captain Hook was a lot of fun to watch. He had a lot of swagger; I am pretty sure the dancer who played him was influenced by Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean.
And of course the story wouldn’t be complete (or as fun) without the ticking crocodile. One of my favorite parts was when he appeared and crept along the back of the orchestra pit, complete with the clock’s ticking built into the music.
I am so glad Adrianna and I got to experience the ballet together. 🙂
Looks like you had fun!