Hello! Last Thursday I had a fun rehearsal for the Spring Show Finale. Our show is Le Corsaire, which has to be one of the coolest ballets, considering it's about pirates. Talk about awesome, right? Here is a synopsis, if you're interested.
Anyway, the rehearsal started at 4:00 with an average 90 minute ballet class, with everyone from level 5-7. Total, there were about 20 girls from 11-18, so it was packed in the studio. I almost wiped out doing left double turns en pointe, but we'll just pretend like no one saw ;)
After class, we sat around in the dressing room while our ballet master (yep, that's really his official title!) choerographed a trio for the show. Around 6:30 level 5-6 was called in, including me, to go over a corps type piece for the finale. We mostly dance in the background while the soloists dance in the spotlight, but we do have a little section to ourselves, which is pretty cool. This will be my first ever performance en pointe, so I'm super duper excited and nervous.
Anyone else prepping for Spring shows or recitals?
I wish I could take ballet classes, but my area doesn't have recreational beginning ballet for teen/adult. Some do, but it overlaps my sport practice ):
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We just had our ballet at my school, we did Cinderella! It was my first, so I was put in a sort of corps role with mostly middle-schoolers, but it was really fun. We had four shows and for all of them the auditorium was full :)
ReplyDeleteEnd of the year recital is coming up for me! Yay our costumes are gorgeous. And I'm going to get fitted for my first ever pair of pointe shoes soon so I'm super excited. Good luck with your spring show, I'm sure you will dance great!
ReplyDeleteHello! I read your amazing "About Me" story! I started dance late too and have just started a blog ( startingdancelate.blogspot.com ) I love the blogging community and I'm so glad there are others like me! I LOVE your blog!
ReplyDeleteThat sound like a really interesting ballet to watch!:)
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