I didn’t really know what to make of it at first. It was very confusing initially because there was so much going on at once. The dancers would use the entire stage, sections doing different things. I guess the dances were supposed to compliment each other, but I found it hard to focus on the entire performance. Rather, I keyed into a specific part of the performance each time. For a portion of the performance I would look at the dancers on the right while taking quick glances at the ones on the left to see if something special was coming together. The first intermission gave me some time to collect myself and actually enjoy the performance. Throughout the first dance, I found myself trying to study how the performance was arranged and structured, but I couldn’t really make much out of it. There were different groups dancing in different places all around the stage. Thus, once the first intermission came by, I decided I was going to enjoy this performance.

The performances after the first intermission were much more pleasant experiences compared to the first. Yes, each performance was very different from one another, but I was more accustomed to the style of dance and stopped trying to decipher the dance with my limited, almost non-existent, knowledge of contemporary dance. I chose my favorite dancers and followed them more closely. My favorite part of the entire performance came at the end where the music was much more familiar to me. Whether it was Stevie Wonder or Michael Jackson, it brought up a sense of familiarity, which was so distant to me during the other performances. Despite not knowing what to expect when entering the theater, I was pleasantly surprised and found it to be a very entertaining and enlightening experience. The dancing was spot on and eating afterwards was a blast too.