Mia is preparing to take her first Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) examination this year in classical ballet. Her RAD class is also exploring other styles of dance in character shoes. I swear you’re going to see this kid on Broadway one day. ]]>
That was the title of Mia’ dance recital this year. Ironically, it was about a group of orphans being adopted.
Mia’s class was part of a group of orphans who were adopted by a sympathetic dress maker in the neighborhood.
I just can’t get enough of her cuteness like she can’t get enough of the stage.
She even got a little solo of sorts. I was videoing with PJ’s Coolpix so the exposure is pretty wonky. She’s the first orphan to come out and bow and the center girl in the dance.
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Did you see her?
This was their actual number. Since this was dress rehearsal, there were some kinks to work out, but performance night was flawless and they didn’t even need cues from the instructors!
We did Annie
and “Dancing Through The Calendar.”
It was so much fun being back this year, but a sharp reminder of how not-so-sharp my brain is after hanging out with 3 kids all day. More than the physical exhaustion was the mental exhaustion of having to remember when to be stage and from what side and all the steps to the dances. My brain was fried by Saturday night!
Since all Mia does is dance and twirl around our house, I couldn’t resist signing her up for a dance class this year. I admit I’m a bit biased towards dancing to begin with, but if you know Mia, you know dancing is in her blood. In fact, she spent her two week Thanksgiving break teaching herself how to hop on one leg because she wasn’t able to do it the first time Miss Melissa asked her to in class. It was totally self-driven and she did actually go from not even being able to stand on one foot to hopping EVERYWHERE on one foot. I thought she walked slowly until she started hopping instead.
Oops…I digress. Anyway, I was able to find a class that coordinated nicely with PJ’s school schedule and location…Tappin Toddlers. They always start with tap shoes for the first half and then do creative movement barefoot for the second half. Here’s the videos of her last class. The first two are tap and the third is creative movement. And your welcome for shrinking the 45 minute class to just under 13 minutes.