Alvin Ailey

Last Thursday, we went to Prospect Park to see Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's second company, Ailey II, perform as part of the annual Celebrate Brooklyn festival.

It was crowded, so we found a spot on the lawn and waited for the performance to begin.
By the time it started, however, a throng of latecomers were standing in the cross aisle in front of all the lawn-sitters, forming a wall that made it impossible for the hundreds of lawn-sitters to see the stage. The lawn-sitters got pretty angry and spent the first third of the performance yelling at the people standing in front of them. Some of the nicer things that were said included "Sit down," "Move it!," and, "You're rude and selfish."
Despite orders from event staffers and the announcer to clear the cross-aisle, the people standing in front of us refused to move. So we got up and went hunting for a spot where we could see. We finally found one: 
We enjoyed watching the last third of the show (which is always the best third anyway), and figured the experience was a good introduction to Brooklyn, if not to Alvin Ailey.