After 9 months of work it was time for Callie's annual dance recital. This has become an event we look forward to every year and I only partially mind that they've split it into 4 different shows and your kid could be in anything from 1 to 4 of those shows. At $24 a show it gets a bit pricy. This year Callie was only in two so it wasn't too bad. She started both days in the same costume that she has indicated is not exactly her favourite. When it's just her she looks like a ballerina died orange but when it was on stage and with the other girls it looked quite nice.
Day one consisted of Ballet and Point. Ballet is the more advanced form of point where the girls spend a lot of their time on their tippy toes. Being the first year they want to make sure they have had time to train before making them do too much so only a few moves are done that way. Both dances were quite beautiful and Callie did great. Every once in a while I will see her do a swooping movement with her hands. I now know what this is all about. There is a lot of hand swooping in these two dances.
The theme this year was art. Every dance matched the costume, art piece in the background and the song. The picture for Jazz seemed a bit basic and was obviously computer generated. Callie was not overly impressed by the costume either. It was a crazy sparkly skin tight material. The dance on the other hand was amazing. This was definitely where she had to do the most advanced moves. Lots of quick arm and body movements. I can see why she enjoyed the dance but not the costume.
My favourite dance style is lyrical. Lot's of running and looking. The costumes are typically very flowey and I usually enjoy these songs the best. This is where I found Ed Sheehan about 6 years ago. (Long before he was famous. :)) Callie ended up being in a class where she was in the top end of the class. This meant she got to do a 3 person solo but it also meant not all of the moves were super advanced. She's looking forward to going up a level next year.
We got a bonus scene this year. Callie has been volunteering all year as a student teacher. This is about 90 minutes of time every Friday where she helps the teacher guide one of the smaller classes. For the recital it meant she was on stage during their dance making sure they were in the right position and doing the right moves at the same time. She was right when she said they didn't need a lot of guidance which must have meant they had great teachers. Another great year. Very proud of Callie.
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