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Random

This is my last week of official ballet classes! I thought I would make a random post of videos and pictures that kept me inspired! I hope you enjoy it!













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Harry Potter

I have to admit it.

I really enjoy Harry Potter!

I’m going stir crazy waiting to get my hands on the third and fourth books! (Yes I have seen the movies, but books are so much better!).
I’ve heard that Harry Potter and being a Christian don’t go together, but I disagree. I can see how, for a young Christian, reading this books could lead to confusion in their faith, but being the grounded Christian young woman I am, I can spot and understand the fallacies. For me, these books are exciting, and give way to thinking creativity in a way I thought I had lost.

Anyway, I really am enjoying these books and the movies and I can not wait until the next movie comes out… and I might just loose my mind if I don’t get those books soon! Lol


What are your thoughts?
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Update!

So, I’ve been a little naughty and haven’t posted in a while! I was out sick for the last few days though. I sat around for 3 days and watched all the Harry Potter movies for the first time ever. They were really intriguing and I’m looking forward to seeing the next one that comes on in November.

Next week is my last “official” week of ballet classes for this year. I have to say I’m really impressed with the improvements I’ve made! My first ballet teacher is coming back for a few weeks this summer and I’m looking forward to showing her how much progress I’ve made. I’m also looking forward to my schools summer program, although it will be sad this year because my two teachers are retiring! I hope they come and guest teach for us!!!!

Well that’s all I have to say for now!
Blessings!
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Videos I Found Beautiful

Now that I have been blessed with DSL, I’ve been cruising youtube and have found amazing videos of all my ballet idols! I thought I would share a few that I really enjoyed with you.

His jumps are amazing in this video. And at the end, I can't tell if he lost his balance, but if he did I still can't figure out if he meant to finish like that! And of course Paloma is amazing!




This Le Corsaire video is just so captivating!




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Update

Our performance of Don Q (the dream scene) went pretty well on Sunday. Except for a missed position in one variation (some of the corps didn’t move so the rest of us stayed, that way it looked like it was supposed to be that way) everything went smoothly. It was a great experience! We were a part of Day of the Arts in our city, it’s a huge event where the best musicians, dancers, and actors all come together and perform. It was so big that we (the performers) had to have backstage passes with security guards showing us where to go and taking names, it was quite the experience.

I unfortunately didn’t get any good pictures because of the fact that my mom didn’t push the right button on my camera. But I still had a great time.


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Don Q on Sunday

My first performance with my schools junior company in this Sunday! I’m just a lowly Corps De ballet member, but I’m still excited, this will be my first ever performance with these people. I’m hopping that if I do a good job I will get moved up to soloist for our December show… I think we will be doing Giselle. I’ll try to post pictures if I get any good ones!!

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P.S. Isn't this picture of Alina Somova amazing?! I think its a little... excessive but it takes a lot of skill to pull that off!