Cinderella 2012

Last week wasn't the 2nd week of April in our house-nope, it was Cinderella week.  Cortlynn had rehearsals every night and a 5 hour dress rehearsal on Friday.  The actual performances were Saturday at 2:00 and 7:00.  I'm always amazed at how a production can come together with the rehearsals you see in the weeks prior to the performance.  Even the night before-I sit there wondering if they will be able to pull it off:  Will the lighting work? Will the props work?  Will the dancers know when to come on stage??  Everything is practiced-down to the bow, yes the bow.  I think if everyone experienced the hours of a dress rehearsal they would appreciate the amount of hard work goes into a production and be that more thankful of everyone involved.

The ballet "Cinderella" isn't the Disney version-of course there are the step-sisters and the slipper, but there are fairies and more detail goes into HOW she was able to attend the ball.  The costumes were beautiful (a lot of them have been used in other ballet productions) and Cortlynn's group actually had brand new ones.  Her costume was so pretty and the mask that was added made it even better. 

Cortlynn has always been a talented dancer, but she is blossoming into a beautiful dancer.  I honestly don't know where her talent comes from (definitely not me).  The ballet directors tell me all the time that some people are born with a talent for ballet-and Cortlynn is one of those people.  When I watch her dance I don't know whether I should smile or cry....I'm just so proud of her.  The dance "season" isn't over yet.  She still has her recital(s) coming up in May and in June she's enrolled in a 3 week summer intensive.  The 3 weeks is a full 15 days of training--from instructors visiting from other dance companies in the country as well as other countries.  She is soooo excited, because she will actually be able to learn "pointe".  I'm getting a little nervous because the pointe shoes don't come "put together".  You actually have to sew the ribbon and elastic onto the shoe.  I'm going to have to call someone to help me with them.  I'm completely out of my comfort level.  The closest I came to ballet-was my music jewelry box I had when I was little that had a ballerina that twirled when you opened the lid.

These are a few photos of the dress rehearsal.  That would be why Sergiu is in a warm up suit and red tennis shoes and NOT his ballet tights. 

During the performances they had items on tables in the lobby you could bid on.  Devin and I liked this clock so I was able to put in the bid that "won".  It helped that I was out in the lobby for most of the evening performance with Kyra so I looked at the bid sheets right before they closed the auction.  Tee Hee Hee---I bet the person that bid before me was mad when she saw I beat her by $1.00.

Last week I made spaghetti for dinner and Kyra thought it would be cute to eat it with her toes.  She kept sticking her toes into the bowl and getting the noodles.  A little nasty but she is just so dang cute.  The other thing she has decided to do is climb on everything.  We've had to hide some of our chair because she would move them around the house, climb up on it, and get into things that are on the counters:  books, jelly beans, pens.....  Now she has decided to climb on the oven door handles to reach up onto the counter.  What a stinker!!!!