Christmas

Happy Christmas all!!! <3

Reverence

So at the end of class at Ballet Theatre UK, obviously we do a reverence together, but after class, I like to do a curtsey to the teacher by myself and say thank you. On Sunday, as everyone else was taking their shoes off, I went up to Tania, did a small reverence, and thanked her for the class. And she curtsied too!! Awww! that really made my day, because a reverence is a sign of respect- most teachers just nod and smile at me, but for her to curtsey back to me shows that she is respectful and thankful of my effort in class... :) <3

BTUK Associates

Last week at Associates we learnt the Swan Lake coda, it was so gorgeous!! but my toenails were really long because I didn't think we would be doing pointework, so my feet were agony!!! I had to keep reminding myself to look pretty because the audience don't care- or realise- if you're in pain!!! class was so fun, Tania got us to do triple pirouettes! and the other day, I was working on pirouettes- I got quadruples, and once.... five!! five pirouettes! Aaah :D

School

So I have to memorise a 3000 word essay for English at school? Don't they realise I already have several poems, a few monologues, Grade 6, intermediate & Advanced ballet syllabi, as well as several solos, dances and enchainements whirling round my head???? :P

Nutcracker

i saw Ballet Theatre UK's Nutcracker last night- it was phenomenal!!!! the choreography was amazing, it is such a unique style, and all the dancers were beautifully strong on pointe! The Sugar Plum Fairy pas de deux was absolutely stunning- I don't know how the poor Sugar Plum managed to keep dancing though, the pas de deux looked exhausting!!!! All of the costumes were absolutely beautiful- so many sparkly tutus! :D <3

Weekend

My next class with ballet theatre UK associates is this weekend- exciting!! I loved the last one; we learnt the Sugar Plum Fairy variation from Nutcracker, which was awesome but so hard!! ;P

Dress Rehearsals!!

Tonight is dress rehearsal for 'The Show that Rocked' at the Concordia Theatre. I'm really excited- all of my costumes look amazing! On Tuesday, we had a run-through on stage without costume- we did the pointework dance on demi-pointe, and the stage was mega-slippery, so doing it on pointe proimises to be.... interesting!!! ;) So, i just realised that i forgot to write about the actual show!!!! We had 3 wonderful performances- i felt particularly proud of the Grade 2's & 3's, whose dances i helped to teach :) the last night was quite emotional, but at the same time, it seemed magical to wonder- next time i perform, where will i be, what role will i be playing, who will i be dancing with? :)