Number two to be ticked off my 30 before 30 list is watching a ballet.I had tickets to see Coppelia at the Bristol Hippodrome, and dragged my friend Ams along with me - so that I wasn't the only ballet virgin in the room! (also she brings sweets when we go to the theatre, so is a good person to take!)
I will admit that I was pretty apprehensive about going to the ballet. I had prepared myself to not enjoy it, and to get bored trying to follow the story. However my experience was completely different, as I really enjoyed it!
When I told a few friends I was going to see Coppelia they told me that it was a good one to pick as my first ballet, as the story is easy to follow. They were right! It was about an inventor who makes a life sized doll, which one of the guys in the village thinks is real and become infatuated with, setting aside his lover. She then dresses as the doll, making people think it has come to life.
I was so impressed with the dancing, and how graceful the cast were. I am very clumsy, could not imagine ever being that graceful! And standing on tip toes looks really hard!
Ams and I only showed our ignorance about the ballet once, when we tried to leave after the first act, not realising that this ballet had three acts and two intervals!
All in all it was an enjoyable night, and I would be up for going to another ballet :)
