Madeline's Dance Recital

Madeline had a wonderful year of dance during her 2011-2012 school year.  She loved it, and I think she really learned a lot.  I foresee lots of dance in our future.  Her teacher, Ms. Autumn, studied at Boston Conservatory & is a ballerina with the Columbia Conservatory of Dance, so she performs in all the major winter shows such as the Nutcracker.  She was fabulous with the children.  I especially loved how she came to the preschool at noon, helped change the children, held class, and I picked Madeline up from preschool on Tuesdays at 1:00 PM.  The program gave Madeline a little bit of ballet, a little bit of tap, and rhythmic movement.  Madeline was very excited for her recital.  The recital was super simple ~ it was held at the preschool & Ms. Autumn decorated the room perfectly, only 3 children were in the performance, so the audience was small & not terribly intimidating, and I didn't have to purchase anything special as far as costumes were concerned.  It was an easy introduction into dance class for both Madeline and myself.

Madeline had several guests - Grandma, Grandma, Aunt Angela, and myself.  The theme of the performance was circus.  Very cute.

The tap portion of the performance was first.  Madeline led the group onto the stage quite well.  She was all smiles and not the least bit shy.  Again, the beauty of a small venue, small class, and familiar faces in the audience.  Madeline not only knew her own family, but the "regular" supporters of the other two children were familiar to Madeline.

You can tell that Madeline is really enjoying herself.  She took her lessons quite seriously!

They did a cute little number to change their shoes.

Onto the ballet portion ~ again, Madeline was super excited to show her moves!

Rhythm sticks...

Taking a bow... Madeline really liked to bow for the audience.  She must have bowed 10 times, and each time she received giggles and claps from the audience.

Each student was presented with a certificate.

Mommy and her little ballerina...

I'm so glad my girl had such a fun experience with her first dance class.