first date tonight! did i mention he was also my first kiss and my first pas de deux partner/Nutcracker prince :)
This is a trailer for my company’s Nutcracker :) I was Clara, so the first video is me, and I come on more at 0:12, 0:50, 0:54, and some other places :) Corrections of my performance are welcome! Please watch and share <3
So, this past weekend I played Clara in the Nutcracker for the final time :(
And during Fight Scene where Clara thinks her Nutcracker prince is supposed to be dead and cries, I actually started CRYING on stage.
Like not full out sobbing but I was sniffling there for a second…. I think I’m going insane. I just got so into it….
Me dancing Chinese :)
My teacher told me it’s customary to get my pas de deux partner a present for the show.
He’s a guy dancer, likes piano, sushi, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tobuscus….
and nothing too crazy, we’re just friends :P lol
Any cool dancer ideas? Maybe something Baryshnikov-related? maybe a gift card to a sushi restaurant?
So this was my schedule
After falling at least once a day for the past week, I went on Discount Dance and bought some more Slip-No-More (liquid rosin) myself. I had to go early and mop it onto the floor :/
I stunk in my variation rehearsal today :( I did Flames of Paris and I was messing up everywhere.
So then we had a marathon rehearsal of snow for 2.5 hours.
When I was Clara last year, I had two entrances in snow, and I came in on a sleigh at the end. This year, I’m dancing the entire snow pas de deux with my Nutcracker prince, then going straight into the rest of snow.
I have 4 entrances with my prince and two solos, and the one is not just a little dainty solo. My teacher combined parts of different variations for this crazy, mostly pirouette combo that’s pretty short but when I come offstage from that I feel like I just ran a marathon.
then my next entrance, literally all pirouettes. like really my turns aren’t that good, i have no idea what my teacher is thinking O_O
and then i leave for 10 seconds then come back on for more promenades and partnering
then i leave for 20 seconds, come back do some more lifts, then a final pose with me in a penchee, which they’re thinking of changing to a shoulder sit O_O can i remind you that I started pas de deux like three weeks ago.
in year’s past, my studio’s Nutcracker has been about Clara traveling through the land of Sweets with Fritz. brotherly love
this year it’s a love story. between me and this kid who I kind of dated and he was kind of my first kiss…
So I was trying to work on acting all in love and we were running through all of snow one last time. I was determined to try my best, put my soul into my dancing, and do all the lifts right.
It was all fine and dandy, then I do a simple jeté en tournament (tour jeté thingy)
and….
i slammed down, landed on the side of my hip, and just totally face planted
it stung and i have a bruise, but it wasn’t that bad, but I was just so terrified and shocked and gaaah so I kind of started crying :’( it was really embarrassing. i was just being hormonal and scared but my coach ended the rehearsal and everybody was like ARE YOU OKAY and my prince was all trying to make me feel better
It was that moment when you just want to be alone, you know. I really didn’t want to cry. I wanted to get back up, laugh and finish the pas de deux on a strong note. but no, i had to be a drama queen and burst into tears :/
and then my nutcracker prince awkwardly hugged me and i went off to dinner…
long story short: i will now cut the satin off the platform of my pointe shoes and be more careful.
Oh yeah, did I mention my Nutcracker prince is my ex-boyfriend….
He was my first kiss last Nutcracker….
awks.. so he’s the prince this year, and so far everything i have learned after the party scene is a pas de deux with him.
did i mention IVE NEVER TAKEN A PDD CLASS EVER. And now I have to perform stuff like that in 6-7 weeks. O_O
So I’m kind of nervous about that, and we kept on practicing this one lift over and over again. it starts with me on pointe in an arabesque, then he lifts me, turns around and sets me down. so that one foot was on fire and my back was sore.. :(
and then we tried partnered turns.. in my FIRST pdd class ever.after a few tries i ended up kneeing him in… his sensitive area.. O_O so we gave up on turns for the day.
and i wore my adorable open back Yumiko leotard, but after all the lifts my skin was red on my back, so i can’t wear it for pas de deux rehearsals anymore.
on the bright side, i’m learning some basic pas de deux steps at 13, so if i am able to go pro, i will have a bit of practice with this kind of stuff :)
and also, he’s a great partner. i mean he’s not very strong yet and he hasn’t learned pas de deux before either, but he’s been very persistent and tries really hard.
basically, Nutcracker this year is like a Royal Ballet version, with an older, principal Clara who like loves her prince, except there’s a separate sugar plum fairy.
We’ll see how this turns out!!
And hey any tips for girls on pas de deux.. put them in my ask box :) thanks <3
Hey first post on my Clara blog!!! I’ll tag all of these as Clara and I’ll make a page for them.
Ok, so tonight, I skipped my Pilates class for a rehearsal. It was just listed as me and the Nutcracker prince! I had no idea what we were doing.
So we got in there and we learned some little pas de Deux movements!!! I’ve never done any pas de Deux before, so it was new to me, but my teacher let me do it on flat :) so now I have to practice it on pointe! :/
We learned all of that, and it was all kind of awkward between me and the Prince. Lol. He’s my age and he has to hold my waist and my armpits (!) and my hands…. Awkward
So it was really fun!!! I broke in some new Freed pointe shoes so I got a lot of blisters :/ but I’ll Epsom salt my feet when I get home.
So excited for Nutcracker this year!
Hey first post on my Clara blog!!! I’ll tag all of these as Clara and I’ll make a page for them.
Ok, so tonight, I skipped my Pilates class for a rehearsal. It was just listed as me and the Nutcracker prince! I had no idea what we were doing.
So we got in there and we learned some little pas de Deux movements!!! I’ve never done any pas de Deux before, so it was new to me, but my teacher let me do it on flat :) so now I have to practice it on pointe! :/
We learned all of that, and it was all kind of awkward between me and the Prince. Lol. He’s my age and he has to hold my waist and my armpits (!) and my hands…. Awkward
So it was really fun!!! I broke in some new Freed pointe shoes so I got a lot of blisters :/ but I’ll Epsom salt my feet when I get home.
So excited for Nutcracker this year!
I could make a page for it on my blog and keep you updated. Like this or go in my ask box if you think I should do it. :)
