[ATTENDED May 18, 2012] One Hot Summer
My five-year old daughter T. was in her second recital last night. Last year she performed in one routine and this year she moved up to two–a ballet routine and a tap routine.
And my little girl got to lead the group out on stage!
She performed in two routines, “Ice Cream Ballet” (to the tune of Frank Mills’ “Music Box Dancer”) and “Hot Dog!” (the closing theme from the Mickey Mouse Show).
As with last year, I have no intention of critiquing any performances on the stage tonight. Every girl and boy tried his or her best and they all did better than I could do. However, I want to make some general observations about the performance.
This year’s theme was all about summer, so imagine my surprise when the first act was a dance routine set to “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper! I feel like one of the big things that the dancers need to learn is to really exaggerate your excitement on stage–really get into it. I know it is very hard to let loose in this way (although I noticed some of the boys really got into it), but if you just think about the sentiment of “Schools Out” you’d expect these kids to be wildly excited–exaggeratedly so. (more…)
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