By JAMES D. WATTS JR. Scene Writer on Feb 5, 2011, at 12:45 PM Updated on 2/05 at 12:45 PM
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That the curtain rose Friday night on Tulsa Ballet’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew” was something of a triumph in and of itself.
The “Blizzard of 2011” had forced dozens of other shows to cancel their shows for this past weekend, as streets packed with snow and abandoned vehicles prevented performers from reheasing and discouraged audiences from attending.
That’s one reason why Tulsa Ballet managing director Scott Black said to the intimate crowd in the Tulsa PAC’s Chapman Music Hall Friday night, “It says something that the BOk Center has canceled the monster truck show, but the ballet goes on.”
And “The Taming of the Shrew” — thanks to the dedication and very hard work of the dancers, the technical crew and the musicians of the Tulsa Symphony — proved to be very much worth the time and effort.
John Cranko’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s beloved comedy was a delight, full of comedy and romance and a great deal of very difficult dancing that the Tulsa Ballet dancers — in particular, principal dancers Soo Youn Cho and Alfonso Martin — performed with such naturalness and ease that the effort and risk was something you realized only after a particularly challenging move was smoothly executed.
The full review will appear in Monday's Tulsa World. Performances of "Taming of the Shrew" are 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. For tickets: 596-7111 or tulsaworld.com/mytix.
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