Chloe's First Ballet Recital: Red Rose in the Emperor and the Nightingale.
Sasha as a Spanish Dancer in Swan Lake with LilyThis time of year comes around more and more quickly, it seems. With three girls dancing recitals are a family affair that essentially eat up most of June. But I'm not complaining! Some of my best memories from childhood involve dancing, and I hope that my girls will have great experiences to remember.
Sasha finished her (gulp) 7th year of Ballet and her second year of Jazz. Lily took a year off of dance to try out gymnastics and did just great. Chloe is in her first year of dance, taking a combination ballet/tap class. Isaac says he wants to take tap next year, and I guess I'll have to arm wrestle Mike about that one. As broad-minded as he is about things, I'm not sure he's ready to have a son in dance lessons.
Sasha danced Swan Lake this year as a Spanish Dancer. Her class of girls are all on the verge of going on to pointe shoes next year, which is a BIG deal for those of you non-dancer types. She is a really beautiful dancer and it's such a shock to see this little kid get up on stage and reveal a completely unique and independent personality. When she dances she is bold and self-assured. And all of this is completley outside of me. It's all her. I think I'm okay with this.
Chloe, I must say, is probably more of a football player than a ballerina. She's built for soccer, or swimming, or rugby. The girl is sooo strong. But she is also beautiful and danced with so much personality. She loved tap more than ballet, which makes sense because it's noisy. As is Chloe.
The two bigs girls, Sasha and Lily, auditioned and were accepted into a children's theatre production of the Jungle Book! Missoula Children's Theatre travels around the country in the summer and does these one week workshops and then productions. Sasha was a Wolf Pup with a speaking part (!) and Lily was a monkey. They both worked really hard all week and then did a singing/dancing production that was great fun. I ordered the DVD so I'm sure to bore you all with the show when you visit!
4 comments:
I would loved to "bored" if we ever get to visit!! Your girls are beautiful and it's so nice that they are getting to experience the dance thing. Claire did a dance class for a short while, but I was disappointed in the class (it didn't seem too well organized, etc.). But, for Mike, there was ONE boy in her class and we all thought he was the "smart" one...all the girls loved him. We got to know his family and, believe me, he was ALL boy, just very dramatic!
Both of our kids fall more naturally into a series of moves that make it seem like all they listen to is HipHop. They have some mad skills that they are only too willing to share with relative strangers. The looks generated always have a hint of wonder...where did they learn this stuff and which of the parents is the funky white person....
I like to explain that it is the influence of TobyMac, Matt Kearny, KJ52 and other Christian Rappers - really...50cent, Kanye West and Snoop are not usually our CD's of choice.
What can I say....
My nieces are so talented and so cute!
I can't wait to be able to come to their shows!
Uncle Ben
They are beauties! I love them and I want to see them in a show this year. I've got to, with four boys,(and non are tap dancers-plus it just isn't the same without pretty constumes), I will not be attending recitals unless I come to one of yours! love you!
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