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? :)

Fouettes and show rehearsals

In pointe class yesterday, we focused on fouette releves. I think I prefer the fouettes en tournant; that way, its only really possible to go 'splat!' backwards, or fall off pointe. In fouette releves, you could fall forwards over the box, backwards, or to either side. hmm. And also, my toenails were far too long, so i literally felt as if they were about to snap off. Grrr. More positively, our show is in a week's time- exciting! My costumes are nearly finished, and are lovely (except for a purple velour creation that makes my ribs, shoulders and hips look disproportionately wide.....) lol :)

Graeme Hawley masterclass

So today I went to an awesome acting materclass with Graeme Hawley, from Coronation St! I focused on a monologue from Romeo & Juliet, and Graeme really helped me to consider Juliet's emotions, and how to maintain the character throughout the piece. We also learnt about the Alexander Technique, which is a fab yoga-like routine with a partner- its awesome for posture!!! :)

back to school!

Tomorrow is the first day back at school- the summer holidays have gone soo fast!! it has been amazing though :) time to start thinking about 6th form auditions now!!! :D

Bloch Photo competition- please vote!!!

Hi all, There is a photo competition on the Bloch page, it would be so fabulous if everyone reading this could vote for me!! Here is the link; https://www.facebook.com/bloch.dance?v=app_599788450050788&app_data=gaReferrerOverride%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.facebook.com%252Fl.php%253Fu%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fa.pgtb.me%25252F2dPJ9j%2526h%253DcAQEFNbHh%2526s%253D1 Im sat in the splits in a black tutu.... pleasee vote for me!! thank you xoxoxo