Over Christmas break Evelyn really started talking about getting back into dance, specifically ballet. Her very first ballet teacher (for that post see here) started her own dance company a couple of years ago, so we decided to try out ballet there. To make it more fun, we invited her best friend from school, Ellie, to take it with her. So, every Tuesday, Ellie would come home with us from school and I would take them to ballet later in the afternoon.
It was a rough start for both the girls, to be honest. First of all, it was NOT the class I think they were expecting. No tutu's and flitty dancing in this class. Instead, a lot of barre and form work. With a very specific uniform. Second of all, their teacher, Rodney, is a male instructor who expects hard work, demands respect and makes the girls work hard... and I think he is pretty awesome. The girls, however, didn't really share my sentiment. They both were quite apprehensive and were in tears a few times both before and after some classes. But with some encouragement and other incentives, they both plugged thru the session. In fact, two weeks ago, both girls came out SUPER excited about the dance they are learning for the recital (in June... which means you have to take another session if you want to be in it) and I think it finally clicked as to why there were doing what they were doing in class. It was great to see their happiness!
Below are pics from the last class of the session, which was yesterday.
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