The crowd is roaring as the blank, wide curtain drops and the Salvador Dali-inspired main stage appears. Lights of every color of the rainbow shine throughout the arena, the beat of “ARTPOP” drops, and out pops up Lady Gaga in her sparkly gold leotard attached with beautifully sequined wings and a “Gauze ball”  attached to her stomach area. Gaga starts the song and the floor starts shaking because of all the excessive dancing by the audience.

Confetti, seashell bikinis, colorful wigs and massive, chunky heels adorned the American Airlines Center on July 17 as Lady Gaga brought her “Lady Gaga’s  artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball Tour” to town and took the stage that Thursday night in Dallas.

Mother Monster had everyone up out of their seats and dancing the night away while singing pumped, catchy tunes like “Venus,” “Just Dance,” “Do What You Want,” “Swine,” and “Applause.” Gaga’s voice was at its peak that night just like it has been in her four previous visits to Dallas.

Gaga kept up with the beat as did all the Little Monsters, as Gaga’s fans are known, as they cheered for LG when she would speak into the microphone and make short speeches here and there about being in Dallas again and coming to celebrate  love, compassion and freedom of celebrating yourself.

Gaga’s hair during “Venus” and “MANiCURE” was just like the crowd: big, full and extravagant.

The artRAVE was advertised to be a fun experience and a place where you could show your creative and adventurous side and to “be yourself.” The sold-out Dallas crowd did exactly that. Monsters of every age, race and size showed up in either a Gaga-inspired outfit or in a fashion statement that fully described their personality.

The show was full of motion and fun, catchy pop music and was a rave to remember.

There was no disappointment that Thursday night because LG put on a full show for roughly an hour and 40 minutes. From “super-fans” to more casual fans who only know her hits, the show was a spectacle for everyone attending.

The opening acts were Crayon Pop and Lady Starlight, and they made the spurred some dancing in the audience with bouncing, upbeat electronic music.

The only downside of the show was that Lady Starlight’s act dragged a little, and it was hard to understand what Crayon Pop were saying most of the time because they are from South Korea. Also Gaga made everyone in attendance wait a while, because she didn’t come out onstage until 9:40 p.m..  Other than that, the sound was great and Gaga’s voice was clear throughout the night, even while she was doing her dance routines.

By the way Lady Gaga performs, it is evident that she is a genuine, down-to-earth person and really cares about her “Little Monsters” because she constantly dove into the general admission crowd and touched fans hands and gathered some stuffed unicorns, letters and handmade accessories and jackets that the audience threw onstage. Also the “ARTPOP” singer made sure to always make eye-contact with the audience, especially when she sat in her transparent manicured hand chair and rose in the air so that everyone could see her and so LG could do the same. Gaga wants to make everyone to feel accepted and important during her shows, because as Mother Monster says, she and all Little Monsters all around the world “belong together.”

Full Disclosure: Jackie is a Lady Gaga “Super-Fan” and has been following her for the past six years. She has seen Gaga in all five of her Dallas shows, Gaga follows her on Twitter (@gagaart1) and Jackie has met Mother Monster’s parents, two dancers and Breed Love, but has yet to meet Gaga herself.