Went to see Movin’ Out last night. It’s billed as a musical. Unfortunately, I ran into some semantic issues.
My loose definition of a ‘Musical’ is actors on stage, acting out a story while singing to music played by some sort of musical ensemble.
My loose definition of a ‘Ballet’ is dancers on stage, dancing out a story to music played and possibly sung by some sort of musical ensemble. Dina posits that this may also be called ‘Interpretive Dance’. I’ll accept that addition.
I went into Movin’ Out thinking it was a musical. It was a ballet.
I’m a bit dismayed that I paid a decent amount of money to see the show. On the good side, it was moderately entertaining, and the music was good. All the dancing I’ve been learning over the last few years has made me appreciate dance in any form that much more. Maybe it’s also that as I get older, flexible twenty-somethings appear proportionally hotter, even if they are still way too thin / emaciated.