Dance Lounge: May 2009

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Rachel!

I started teaching my little sister some ballet the other day. We used the play pen as a barre, and my piano Cd as music. We did plies, and point your toe to the front and side, some relives, then we did some thing in the center. - Point your toe to the front then turn. Do that several times, then pretty arms (fifth) and bow!

It has been fun!

For future reference...these might be good Pointe shoes for me.

Link to the page on Discount Dance

http://www.discountdance.com/frame_set.php3?mf=/dancewear/page_SHOE_p1.html

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Dance Performace!

Yesterday was my dance recital! I think it went really well. Here are some pictures from dress rehearsal...and some memories.

On Friday rehearsal night, I had to move my stuff several times. First I put it in the dressing room because we couldn't change in the hall because of a meeting. Then someone was on the phone with Claire, and said we were supposed to be somewhere else. So I thought they meant the band room, so I went in there and the lady from the school was telling someone else, that we were supposed to be down the hall through the double doors. (choir room) I knew where that was so I went there. There is several doors to other rooms, once past the double doors. I didn't see any Choir room, nobody's stuff, so I just put my stuff in that small landing room. Then a guy walked out of a room right by me. That was going to be kind of interesting changing there! But I just left if there and went into the auditorium. Then I learned that they WERE in another room off of the place where I was! So I changed in the CHOIR ROOM!
The dress rehearsal went pretty good, but long!!!!!!!!! There was not a sound guy at first. And it just took a long time. Little did I know.....but dad had come and had watched me practice both Pointe and Ballet.

Now the performance. I got there, and Libby was there and opened the door for me because it was locked. Then were getting someone to come open it. And Libby's and Miranda's costumes were in the choir room locked up too. But they soon got it opened. We did about a half and hour warm up(Gracie taught it) and then prayed in the band room, and it soon was started! When it came time for jazz,(I am not it that) Gracie said she still didn't have a hair piece! Then Lacey almost forgot hers. I also helped Gracie get her silver head piece from ministry, unstuck from her hair net. Lacey asked me to help because she was needing to get dressed also! Those girls do so many numbers. A lot of them did 7. I think Pointe went better overall then dress rehearsal. (Yours by Steven Curtis Chapman) It was exiting to have Pointe over, I jumped in the hall "yes that's over!" Then it was intermission, and we changed for our ballet number. We tried to get the counts right and all the same before, but I still messed up. Oh Well. One time during our ballet routine, I was close to Lacey on a tombe coupe jete, and I tried to miss her. I think I bent my let and flexed my foot, but I didn't want to hit her. Oh, then the curtain call. I messed up...it was kind of a disaster, but that is just the way it goes. I am glad though that there were not two performances this year!!!! I was pretty dead after the Ballet on Saturday night...my arches were cramping, and my legs were dead! But it was worth it!!!!

Photos of Dress Rehearsal

This is the Ministy Class(Love the costumes!)