i met my friend at third street music school where her daughter had a piano lesson (chanda had violin) and we walked over together to the thursday ballet class.
their teacher, miss irene, is pregnant with her second child. her four year old son is very excited and would like to have a brother named lukas (yes, he even has a name picked out), but i think he will have a sister! she's due in the middle of june . . very soon!
miss irene has had back problems in the past, so it's good to see her looking so strong and healthy.
stretching before continuing with center work combinations.
working on jetés and assemblés . .
grand allegro across the room . .
miss irene follows the russian vaganova method, begun in 1921 in st. petersburg, russia, by agrippina vaganova (who had graduated from the imperial school in 1897). the book 100 lessons in classical ballet: the eight year program of leningrad's vaganova choreographic school, outlines the steps and combinations that chanda's teacher follows (her group is now in level five).
i always think that grand allegro must be everyone's favorite part of the class!
getting ready for reverance . .
the girls curtsey and thank the pianist . .
and their teacher.
Charlotte and Jonathan watched all the videos and said that the tour jetés were good :). Is there one boy in the class?
ReplyDeleteI think those jetés were in your entry day one.
DeleteYes, just one boy :)
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