we tried taking new ballet pics of chanda for a summer school program she's applying to. it's all very technical: the elbow must be up, the fingers draped together, the head tilted left and up, the leg turned out but the arm forward . . etc. i suppose they want to make sure you're repairable and not beyond help.
we enjoy reading the dk books, and today read about zoroastrianism . .
zoroastrians believe in living a life of good faith and good deeds. young people join the faith in a special ceremony where they wear a sacred white shirt, symbolizing purity and good will, that gets a kushti (sacred thread) wrapped three times around it. they worship in a fire temple, where priests keep a sacred fire burning constantly (some fires are said to have been burning for centuries).
i made chocolate pudding for dessert which turned out very good, despite two ingredients the recipe called for that i left out. after dinner, morgana, chanda and i watched an american in paris with gene kelly and leslie caron.
Live Ed has something about those people in the Persian booklet, I believe. Are you sure this summer school is a good place to be? Sounds rather strict to me.
ReplyDeleteha ha! they're all strict! and the dancers work very hard.
Deleteyes, i just looked at the persian book again . . thanks :)
I love your pictures as you walk through each day, from the drilling chaos and Harry Potter movies, to the walks across town and a poem taped to a shop door. My favourite has to be Chanda's ballet feet ... enviable! I always wanted to dance but money was in short supply and it was a dream never realised; as a youngster I watched an entire series documented by the wonderful Margot Fonteyn on the history of ballet, she was so elegant and beautiful. Hope Chanda's audition for Summer School works out well.
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it's not easy being a dancer. they work so hard, every day, and then their careers can be quite short. but i used to feel the same as you :)
Deletethe series you mentioned sounds very interesting. i tried googling it but couldn't find anything. if you remember the name or who produced it, let me know :)
I remembered! It was the magic of dance TV series by the BBC in 1979! I would have been 11 at the time! I tried to find it on you tube but no such luck!
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