Thursday, March 29, 2012

Inspiring a six year old





Mckinley has joined a junior ballet company recently, and has been working hard every Saturday morning to get ready for Copelia, the ballet they will be performing in the middle of April. She is very much a beginner, and as I've watched her each week, I have wondered if she would catch the spark.
Then a couple of weeks ago, we went in for her usual rehearsal, to find a new surprise! The older dancers were there to put their parts with the childrens parts for the final act of the ballet. As soon as the older dancers began to dance, Mckinley was captivated. She couldn't take her eyes off of the dancing. A lot of times, when Kinley gets excited about other people dancing, she gets up and dances with them. However, this time she could see that a story was unfolding, and it was so much fun to see how enchanted she was with it all. It was exactly what I was hoping for. Mckinley seems to be quite artistic in several ways, and I was so excited to see her reaction to this new art in person.

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