Capital Choreography Competition

In a special tribute at the Capital Choreography Competition (the emotional heart of the spectacle), Sacramento Ballet's great ballerina Kirsten Bloom danced the Rose Adagio from Act I of Tchaikovsky's 'Sleeping Beauty' (before departing for maternity leave).

Here, at left, she accepts the audience's standing ovation, and below, a standing ovation from her fellow dancers.

Nice show tonight (and also, previously, on Oct. 17th) at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento! Three works were premiered, in this order:

"Almost A Story Ballet", by Viktor Kabaniaev;

"On Frail Wings", by Amy Seiwart; and,

"The Ratio", by Matthew Neenan.

In the audience voting portion of the show, I reasoned that when the audience was presented with three works of approximately equal merit, at voting time, the audience would always favor the third one, because it was the last work presented and the freshest in their mind. The third work was the odds-on favorite, all else being equal. So, to be fair, in my mind, it was important to vote for the first work presented.

Nevertheless, the audience tripped me up. The audience ultimately favored the second work presented. The judges, however, chose the last work presented as the contest's winner.

In all fairness, all three works were great! Everyone's a winner in a show like this!