Irvin O. Moreno-Rodriguez
Professor Rodgers Jackson
Life of the Mind
October 31st, 2011
Dracula Review Blog
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, known for its emphasizes on the arts, presented the Atlantic City Ballet’s rendition of Dracula last Thursday night at the Performing Arts Center. Starting off the night the audience was greeted with the Ballet Master, Kristaps Kikulis, who stirred the crowd with some interesting facts about the Atlantic City Ballet’s performers. He stated that repertoire for Dracula that night consisted of only four American born dancers and the rest of the crew were performers from eleven other countries, including Japan and Russia! The event was held Thursday October 27th, 2011 and from the very moment you entered the lobby audience members were greeted by wonderful volunteers who also ushered you into your seat. The atmosphere that night was ecstatic as many felt it was an occasion to dress up and partake in a classy date that night. Although the hall was not entirely full the crowd that night was sufficient enough to hold a thunderous applause after every performance that night. The Dracula Ballet was tastefully done with the absence of words but were replaced by extraordinary body language movements and perfectly choreographed dances. The costumes that night were beautiful and very captivating as they seemed to flow and synchronize with their every moment during their dances. Although Dracula was already a great story, the performance that night was highly dramatic only adding more to the suspense towards the end, the ultimate showdown between Dracula and Van Helsing. The performance did have one intermission where the only talk among audience members included conversations of how the dancers performed some the of the most challenging dance movements ever seen. The Ballet in the end was really entertaining and I am looking forward to the next time Stockton has the honor to present them on stage again!