Dance Performance 2018

Late last year, we found a new dance studio for Phoebe, and she joined one of their Modern classes last November. Earlier this month, they put on their full-studio performance of a selection of Grimms' fairy tales, called Once Upon a Time. There were six performances over three days (Phoebe participated in five), plus a week of rigorous rehearsals before that.

The Modern classes were "Water," and they appeared in the first story, "The Twelve Dancing Princesses." With the exception of Phoebe and one other girl in her class, all the other dancers also take several ballet and pointe classes, so they also had other roles. I don't have any pictures of the actual dance yet, but here are some behind-the-scenes ones!

Each year, they have a t-shirt to commemorate the show, and the front is designed by a student. On the back, you can see Phoebe listed under Senior Company.

The poster/program cover was also designed by a student, and at the wrap party, the girls could get it signed by the other dancers.

Phoebe became pretty good friends with Sydney over the course of the year. Sydney is also homeschooled. Here they are backstage!

And here is all of Phoebe's class, waiting in the wings. Phoebe is bottom right.

There would be warm-up and zen circles for all the levels during the week of rehearsals, and here is a shot of one of the ones Phoebe participated in. If you count the squares on the front of the stage, Phoebe is right above the second from the right.

After the show David and I attended, we got a picture of Phoebe with one of the two dancers who played the Evil Queen in "Snow White." She is a high school senior, an amazing dancer, and going to Old Dominion in the Fall.

And here is a shot of Phoebe alone after the same performance.

And, lastly, a photo of the whole cast at the curtain call. Phoebe is on the left--the only one still in the Water costume.