At the Ballet
Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.
| "At the Ballet" | |
|---|---|
| Template:Infobox song/link | |
| Released | Script error: No such module "Date time". |
| Length | Script error: No such module "hms". |
| [[Composer|ComposerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Marvin Hamlisch |
| [[Lyricist|LyricistTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Edward Kleban |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
"At the Ballet" is a song from the musical A Chorus Line.
Production
Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical noted:[1]
Synopsis
The dancers explain their experiences with attending dance school, as well as family-related trauma. No matter how dark the rest of their world seems, they always feel happy and engaged "at the ballet".
Musicals101 explains "At the Ballet" as a "poignant tribute to the escape Sheila, Bebe, and Maggie found in the beauty of ballet."[2]
Analysis
Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical explains: "Sheila, Bebe, and Maggie sing the same wistful melody; then their harmonies grow and build, one layering on the other".[1]
Critical reception
AussieTheatre.com described it as a "poignant song".[3]
In popular culture
The song was covered by the cast of Glee in the fourth season episode "Lights Out", performed by regular cast members Naya Rivera, Lea Michele and Chris Colfer with recurring guest star Sarah Jessica Parker. Barbra Streisand recorded the song in 2016 for her Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway album, with guest vocal performances by Anne Hathaway and Daisy Ridley.
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Changed for Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical - Stacy Wolf. Oxford University Press. 2011. p. 122. Retrieved 2015-07-27 – via Internet Archive.
at the ballet a chorus line.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Chorus Line II by William McKay". Musicals101.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Debora Krizak joins the Chorus Line | News". Aussietheatre.com.au. 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/config' not found.
