International Dance Day

Today is International Dance Day and I thought it would be fun to take a walk down Memory Lane.  I only took ballet for five years and these 1980s costumes make me laugh.

And, of course, as soon as my daughter turned three we enrolled her in dance classes.  Her first few years she took a class that taught ballet and tap combined, with only doing ballet in the recitals.  Then she joined ballet and tap separately, doing both in the recitals, and has added praise class to the mix, too.  She's had to learn about quick costume changes and memorizing more than one dance.  It's impressive!  This is her fifth year and has made it as far as I had, but she has plans on continuing for as long as possible.  I hope she does.  Her fifth year isn't ending as she hoped, with classes having to be done online and a recital she's been working on that's been cancelled.  She did have one winter show and a role as a Snowflake in Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker for the second year in a row.  So, so proud of this girl.  Next year she wants to add jazz class to the mix and possibly a spot on the competition team.  HOPEFULLY they continue in the fall.

Year 1

Year 2

Year3

Year 4

Year 5