On Friday night, I was an usher at the Covey Arts Center for Thriller , presented by the Odyssey Dance Company . For several years, I have wanted to see Odyssey perform. Somehow it hasn't worked out until now. Odessey was fabulous! The choreography and dancers were amazing. Some of the dances were a little creepy--like "The Grudge" and "Home Alone" where a girl is home alone and a stranger calls, "The Meal" complete with vampires and victim, and an intense statement about the Salem witch trials. Some of the choreography was hilarious, like "Miss Allie's Nightmare" where the dancers acted like a 3-4 year old dance class at a dance recital--dressed in darling penguin costumes. Periodically the dancers would stop and wave at the audience, shouting "Hi, Mom!" Priceless! (One of the dancers even wore her costume backward with her little penguin tail in front!) We all laughed as the Irish "river dancers" continued dancing w...
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