After watching football all day, I paid $18, sat third row, drank a $3 Mirror Pond and enjoyed myself immensely at On The Boards last Sunday. Don't be such a snob.

I went on Saturday and I sort of agree. It was good, not jaw-droppingly great. But you can see his work IS getting better with time (namely the first piece compared to the last piece). He has some interesting ideas and I would like to see more.

And the comment about gender not making any difference...I call bullshit. You put a man and a woman in the same dress and make them execute the same moves side by side, how can that NOT be a direct comparison between two different genders? That was the fun of the piece. Each dancer did exactly the same moves, but they were entirely different.

And who else couldn't stop watching the percussionist with the squeaky toy?

I got half way through. I just am not a fangirl for ballet, or "modern or contemporary dance". I couldn't even tell you the difference between the latter two... aren't they just synonyms for one another?

Can we send Kyle to this thing?

No offense intended. I'm sure it's a great review for people who follow this sort of thing. And, since I don't, I should probably just butt out. But I DO want to see what Kyle would write.

IMO by On the Board's standards this show featured terrific and talented dancers, and so-so choreography with just enough occasional flashes of great choreography to make you realize how mediocre most of it was. But, if you had the same show in front of the Pacific Northwest Ballet audience, by their standards I think it would be radical. It all just depends on what the audience expects. As a long time OTB subscriber I expect OTB presentations to be always interesting and occasionally good. This show that I saw on the same night was always good, but only occasionally interesting.

Jen Graves, you are AWESOME. Your insights and analysis never fail to give me a shot of energy.

Jen, You hit it strait on. While I can't knock OTB for doing something like this (as is evidenced from earlier comments it drew in a number of people who do not generally go to OTB) in the name of audience building. The work by Mr. Weavers was that of a novice choreographer. I for one expect better from OTB as I found the choreography to be, well, equivalent to that of a college sophmore or junior. Being a master performer does not a master choreographer make.