big boi’s ballet debuts at the fox

Trying to describe the Atlanta Ballet’s debut performance of big would be like trying to describe an obscure chemical reaction between two elements on opposite sides of the periodic table (yes, i’m a bit of a science geek). Only metaphor and simile would do the job, but even the best of those would inevitably fall short of imparting the essence of the experience. The best description I can offer is this: Imagine you’re sitting at home listening to one of your favorite Outkast albums while flipping through TV channels with the volume muted. You happen across a ballet on PBS and you pause just long enough to think to yourself, “heyyyy… isn’t that funny? It almost looks like those ballerinas are dancing to ‘Bombs over Baghdad’”. 

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