Ballet Boyz- The Talent

This was not quite what I expected, I was hoping for a performance full of energy and vitality something that really made you go WOW. Instead it just came across a little 'A-level'. There was no real creativity to it; simply an hour and a half of watching the same move done in a slightly different position or manner- nothing that was really memorable or exciting.
It's not true to say that the performance as a whole was dull or boring, far from it, it just didn't live up to the potential or hype I had created for it. The pieces felt disjointed and in places clumsy, I'm sure as the group develop this will smooth out but it was clear that their strength lay in the group work, it just wasn't sharp enough for me.
The snippets of the performance that showed real potential and energy were the group sections, suddenly all this energy and power was being directed and focused and the effect completely revolutionised the rest of the performance; then it was as though they fell back apart.
The performance was good but not something I would go back to see again; there were a few nice tricks but nothing to really grab you and hold you. No emotion, no character, no energy. The costumes were slightly irritating to be honest as was the lighting, it all looked dirty and dark except in the second piece which was much lighter and more fluid ( and consequently my favourite piece). There was serious reference to the swans of Matthew Bourne in the pantaloons of the second piece coupled with clever use of the swan wing motif. Over all though it was all a little dull and uninspiring.
In it's defence though it wasn't nearly as tragic as the music. I'm not sure if it's compulsory for all contemporary dance music to be irritating or it's just a side effect of listening to the same three beats repeatedly for twenty minutes solid but I was nearly ready to leave the auditorium sheerly due to the music. It distracted and annoyed me, keeping me tense and preventing me from really being able to watch the piece properly. Truly giving new meaning to the phrase 'banging headache'.
A good but unpolished and erratic performance, as my mother so succinctly put it... "ballet boyz, they got that right... I think I'll come back when their men."