The Intentionally Bad Ballet

The Concert is a 1956 ballet by Jerome Robbins. It's a spoof of the orchestral performance experience. The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre summarizes it:

The setting is an all-Chopin recital where the attendees allow their decidedly imaginative minds to wander. When the resulting images are danced, human foibles and recognizable insecurities are revealed as Robbins brings each fantasy comically and vividly to life. 

The ballet includes this piece titled "Mistake Waltz" in which some of the dancers are a bit out of sync. The above video shows a performance by the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Every error is completely intentional.

-via Nag on the Lake


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It looks like a really good quality organ. The only ones I've ever played are usually of the kind you get playing in town halls at tea dances i.e. terrible.
Also what was up with her outfit? Trust the Japanese.
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odd, I think I know this theme(s?) somehow. I think it's either from some anime of some sort or a game... or many.... but some themes sound very familiar, i just cant put my finger on it
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Would love to know who arranged it and set up the organ ... if the little girl did it then I bow to her. She rocks to be sure but the one who deserves the highest praise is the person who arranged/adapted it for this instrument.
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