Ballet

The last ballet performance I went to was when I was in elementary school. That wasn’t a real success, I didn’t know what is was about and I was bored to death. So I took a bit of a risk when a few weeks ago, I went to a performance of the Houston Ballet at Houston’s Miller Outdoor Theater with a colleague, his wife and son. I enjoyed it so much that when I was preparing my itinerary for my New York City visit I googled ‘ballet’. It turned out that the New York City Ballet performed ‘the Nutcracker’ the evening that I arrived. Since I didn’t buy front row tickets ($150 is a little too much for a ballet performance) I had to buy a pair of theater binoculars.

After buying the binoculars in Manhattan, dropping of my luggage in my hotel in Queens, I was on time at the theater. Maybe I’m getting older, but I noticed many young people attending the ballet performance. Since I read the story of the Nutcracker play during my flight, I was well prepared this time. The ballet combined with the orchestra where all the ingredients I needed for a wonderful evening.