Tilting At Windmills In Quixotic Pursuits
All right, the title to the post isn’t really accurate, but it was the best possible choice considering Don Quixote gave us a brilliant day in spite of bleak weather. Mrs. Kangaeroo and I got to attend an absolutely stupendous performance by The Australian Ballet of Don Quixote by Rudolph Nureyev at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. I’m a minor ballet fan at best, but absolutely love watching the dancers….for the first 90 minutes or so. After that, I find pretty much every performance has a sameness and so does my reaction: sleep. But the sets, dancing, musical accompaniment of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and story were enthralling and delightfully executed,…