Showing posts with label ballet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ballet. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

First Day of Dance 2014

 Last week the girls started dance class. Lexi's class is on Tuesdays and Avery's is on Wednesdays.
I wanted to take some pictures of Lexi before class but she was not in the mood.
I still managed to get a few pictures that I liked.
(It's a good thing I'm stubborn and persistent or sometimes I would never get good pictures.)
 



And one picture of Lexi at class.
She has three friends in her class this year.
A friend from her kindergarten class, a friend from our apartment complex,
and a friend we met in Rexburg when Lexi was just a baby.
(I'll have to get pictures with the friends later.)
 


Avery was much more cooperative when I wanted to take her picture.
She even tried doing the ballet positions for me.
What a trooper!
 




Avery's cousin Halle is in her class again this year.
And one of Avery's friends from preschool last year is also in her class.
 

Isn't she adorable in her boot and cast and frilly dance outfit?!
 

 
Of course, Avery didn't actually dance in dance class. She got to be a helper and hold up the signs.
And she got to wave a scarf and wear a tiara.
She also got a treat with all the other girls at the end of class.
And she got to watch the girls start learning their routine for the recital in December.
 


Saturday, March 15, 2014

Our First Ballet

  Back in February, Lexi and I were given two tickets to
the Ballet West performance of The Sleeping Beauty.
We rode the TRAX downtown.
 

None of us had ever been to a ballet before.
At first, I wasn't sure if I should take Lexi or Avery with me.
Aurora is Avery's favorite princess
but this isn't wasn't the Disney version of the story so I wasn't sure if she'd like it.
 


Here's Lexi with some dancers during intermission.
 


(For some reason, Blogger isn't letting me increase the size of the rest of the remaining pictures.)
 


After the show we went on stage to meet some of the cast and see some of the props.
 


Here's a picture of the theater from the stage.
The arrow is pointing to our seats.
We had AMAZING seats! $74 a seat!