I just thought I would post a little update on Dani. Her gymnastics is going really well--she has good days and bad days--but all in all she is progressing nicely. She has all of her routines choreographed so now it is just cleaning up and fine-tuning some skills. To me, it seems like this new level A (USAG 5) is a lot easier than Level 4. Maybe it is because she had so much to learn last year for level 4 and now that she has the basics, it is just learning a few new skills here and there. Our first meet is Dec 5th weekend--still a little bit away.
Oh, this is really exciting--so, most of you know that Dani also takes a ballet class once a week to help her with the gymnastics dance and "gracefullness". Well, the local ballet company (a different one from where she takes classes) held open auditions for "The Nutcracker" a few weekends ago. Dani was interested so she decided to audition. It turns out that the director really liked her and was impressed with her even though she hasn't been dancing too long. Her first rehearsals were last weekend and Dani says it is so much fun! If anyone is familiar with the Nutcracker ballet, the parts that she was chosen for are Cherub, Growing Doll, Soldier, English, Party Child and Mother Ginger Child. She says that so far her favorite part is the Mother Ginger Child, because she will be able to do some cartwheels and walkovers. Somehow, gymnastics always seems to sneak in there somewhere!
The show is the weekend before Christmas and practices are on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. They are very nice about working around her gymnastics schedule and it looks like there is only one meet where she may have to miss a ballet rehearsal. The next three months are going to be intense, but I am happy that Dani is coming out of her shell and wanting to do more "public" shows and things like this. I will keep you all posted!
Oh, this is really exciting--so, most of you know that Dani also takes a ballet class once a week to help her with the gymnastics dance and "gracefullness". Well, the local ballet company (a different one from where she takes classes) held open auditions for "The Nutcracker" a few weekends ago. Dani was interested so she decided to audition. It turns out that the director really liked her and was impressed with her even though she hasn't been dancing too long. Her first rehearsals were last weekend and Dani says it is so much fun! If anyone is familiar with the Nutcracker ballet, the parts that she was chosen for are Cherub, Growing Doll, Soldier, English, Party Child and Mother Ginger Child. She says that so far her favorite part is the Mother Ginger Child, because she will be able to do some cartwheels and walkovers. Somehow, gymnastics always seems to sneak in there somewhere!
The show is the weekend before Christmas and practices are on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. They are very nice about working around her gymnastics schedule and it looks like there is only one meet where she may have to miss a ballet rehearsal. The next three months are going to be intense, but I am happy that Dani is coming out of her shell and wanting to do more "public" shows and things like this. I will keep you all posted!
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