En Pointe Part 4
So here's part 4. There is quite a bit of ballet vocab in here so go to this site: www.theatredance.com/balletterm1.html. It helped me a lot when I was writing and should have everything in it.
They got into the bus. The closest thing to a normal school field trip they had. There school was far from normal. Instead of having seven or six classes in a day they had two academic classes and three or four 'arts' classes depending on length. They started at eight like a normal school, but ended at five. There classes were longer and lunch was too.
Natalie sat next to her friend Jazz and Natasha next to Pira. The bus stopped in a parking lot. "I know that this isn't the theatre, we'll have to walk. Go to the dressing room and change into warm-up clothes and start stretching individually or in pairs," Karova said.
They piled off the bus and walked to the theatre. They saw some people sitting down. Natalia began stretching, then worked on some ankle excerises. Once everyone appeared to be finished Karova went up front and clapped her hands.
"We are now going to take it from the top," she said. The girls were rushed to the back of the stage while others were performing. Natalia took deep breaths and began stretching, Natasha sat back and listened to music. "Tally, Tasha! Your next," she snapped. Natalia was supposed to enter left center and Natasha down right. The waited until the music started before doing glissade to the center where they did a Grand Jete. Once they landed they did several pirouettes. The beginning was the hardest part, but after that they mirrored each others movements. Every move had to be precise, move at the same time.
The end was amazing. The music slowed down and the girls went into Arabesques, their hands barely touching, before they came down and switched sides before doing a balancé, one to the front the other to the back.
Natasha kept on doing it as Natalia did chaîné turns to the back where she did a emboité to back forward before sitting on the floor legs straight in front of her and lying on them as Natasha repeated what she did before coming back and helping her up. Finally they linked arms and did about two seconds of what resembled Tchackovsky Little Swans, before the music ended and they both went into Arabesques.
"That was amazing!" Jazz said happily. Natalia thanked her asking her if there was anything she could improve on. Natasha smiled lightly.
"These are the Evans sisters." Karova said showing an older man around. "Girls, he is the director of an amazing dance program,"
"Thank you," he said with a smile. His voice tinted with the slightest Russian accent. "I thought what you did was amazing. Never have I seen more talented dancers," he said shaking each of there hands.
"In fact all of you were extremely talented," he said talking to everyone who had gathered back stage. "Me and many other directors will be watching. I'm sure they will be equally impressed as I am as long as you dance as well as you did today," they smiled, but the last thing they needed was more pressure.
Natalie sat next to her friend Jazz and Natasha next to Pira. The bus stopped in a parking lot. "I know that this isn't the theatre, we'll have to walk. Go to the dressing room and change into warm-up clothes and start stretching individually or in pairs," Karova said.
They piled off the bus and walked to the theatre. They saw some people sitting down. Natalia began stretching, then worked on some ankle excerises. Once everyone appeared to be finished Karova went up front and clapped her hands.
"We are now going to take it from the top," she said. The girls were rushed to the back of the stage while others were performing. Natalia took deep breaths and began stretching, Natasha sat back and listened to music. "Tally, Tasha! Your next," she snapped. Natalia was supposed to enter left center and Natasha down right. The waited until the music started before doing glissade to the center where they did a Grand Jete. Once they landed they did several pirouettes. The beginning was the hardest part, but after that they mirrored each others movements. Every move had to be precise, move at the same time.
The end was amazing. The music slowed down and the girls went into Arabesques, their hands barely touching, before they came down and switched sides before doing a balancé, one to the front the other to the back.
Natasha kept on doing it as Natalia did chaîné turns to the back where she did a emboité to back forward before sitting on the floor legs straight in front of her and lying on them as Natasha repeated what she did before coming back and helping her up. Finally they linked arms and did about two seconds of what resembled Tchackovsky Little Swans, before the music ended and they both went into Arabesques.
"That was amazing!" Jazz said happily. Natalia thanked her asking her if there was anything she could improve on. Natasha smiled lightly.
"These are the Evans sisters." Karova said showing an older man around. "Girls, he is the director of an amazing dance program,"
"Thank you," he said with a smile. His voice tinted with the slightest Russian accent. "I thought what you did was amazing. Never have I seen more talented dancers," he said shaking each of there hands.
"In fact all of you were extremely talented," he said talking to everyone who had gathered back stage. "Me and many other directors will be watching. I'm sure they will be equally impressed as I am as long as you dance as well as you did today," they smiled, but the last thing they needed was more pressure.
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These chapters keep getting better and better! I love the fact that you got the name of the steps correct.