Our Dancer of the Month for March is in her second season of ballet and really focusing on her technique and all she needs for this year’s performance on stage.  

Vivienne is working hard at the barre. Her plies are strong and with beautiful resistance. She is working the image of moving carefully down the wall, and it shows. Her rotation in tendues is improving with each class because she is attentively listening to the corrections given and applying them more and more with each class. She is able to answer every vocabulary question asked of her and knows both the French and English terms. All of her footwork in getting stronger from barre to center floor because she is using her feet correctly by working them through the floor—from degages to glissades and sautes. 

For this year’s concert performance, Vivenne is doing a fabulous job retaining the choreography and performing her part in the library scene as a very special book—complete with leading her fellow dancers in a circle around Winnie the Pooh.  All of this and she is also a great listener and beautiful personality to have in class.

Our Dancer of the Month for February is in her second season at the studio and working harder than ever to improve her ballet and tap technique. Evie Miner has a tremendous attention span and recites her dance vocabulary without fail every week. 

In ballet Miss Miner focuses on her technique at the barre and center. She continues to improve steadily—especially in areas like extension of her legs and feet in tendues. Being aware of placement and technique at all times throughout the ballet class takes incredible dedication and patience. Evie is displaying both. She is embracing her character as a fellow ladybug and performs with such gracefulness. Ms. Georgia comments that she is a joy to have in class.  

This is Miss Miner’s first year of tap, and she is quickly picking it up. The technique entails shuffles, Maxie Fords, Charleston steps and Cake Walk kicks. Evie focuses on each step diligently. She has even polished her newest step, the Waltz Clog Time Step.  Her performance of the tap piece in our Concert will be a fun surprise.  

She is dancing this piece with much enthusiasm and joy for performing.  Thank you, Evie for your dedication and hard work!