Booing at the ballet?
An interesting discussion about booing has started here:-
http://slippedisc.com/2017/02/when-the-booing-has-to-stop/#comments
Which begs the question, in over fifty years of attending performances, I have heard boos at the opera (mostly but not exclusively outside the UK) but never once at a ballet. Is my experience unusual (anyone remember where and why a ballet was booed?) or are ballet audiences just different?
Maybe the feelings aroused are not the same or the atmosphere differe
How do people feel about pantomime booing at the ballet? There seemed to be a fair amount of it for Carabosse this run. I usually roll my eyes a little and keep clapping, though another part of me thinks it's oddly charming, especially when there are a large number of children in the house.
I remember reading somewhere that at least one of the visiting Bolshoi Evil Genius enjoyed getting pantomime booed.