James Sewell Ballet in Minneapolis

Last weekend, I attended a performance of the James Sewell Ballet, a dance company based here in Minneapolis.

It was awesome.

The performance was at the Southern Theater, a hundred year-old theater in the city that showcases a lot of dance acts.

I'd been in the theater before for another dance performance and was struck by the ruined and rescued look of the space and the intimacy it provided (it only has...20 rows of seats?).

That did not change in my second trip there. Our seats gave us a close-up view of ballerinas on pointe, which was totally cool. I've never been that close to a ballerina showing off serious tip-toe work and it was amazing.

But this was more than a typical ballet performance of say, the Nutcracker. These dancers did incredible stuff that was interpretive, funny, heart-felt and avant garde. And that required control and power.

Am I going on too long? Well, considered me totally impressed. The James Sewell Ballet is one act I'd love to catch a second time.