The Crown of Russian Ballet came to Arusha last night, and we made it into a family date night; well really a full day and not just the night. It started with an afternoon workshop for budding ballerinas. As much as I think the girls enjoyed that, I think the real joy came from watching the performers warm up in the ballet room afterwards. Ash: “Mom, look what they can do! Can you ask them how they do that?” Tierney mostly just stared wide eyed with her full attention on the dancers. Matt even got to practice some of his Russian. The workshop did make them even more excited to see the ballet that evening.
Afternoon workshop
I love how they had the first 3 rows or so removed and instead there were grass mats and pillows for all the children. Great exposure. I felt for the dancers as they had to perform on a very small stage with lots of children literally hanging on the stage, but they did it with amazing grace.
All pictures and the video taken at the performance are from Ashy.
After the show they even let the kids come up and have their picture taken. Dmitri (with shirt off) asked to have his picture taken with the kids by himself. I think he really liked seeing the kids so excited about ballet. Late night for us (performance started at 7 pm and we didn’t get them to bed until after 10), but it was well worth it.
(Did you notice Tierney and Ashlyn’s fancy shoes? It is important to dress for the ballet)
In the video you can really tell how close the kids were and what a treat it was to have the Russian ballet visit us here.
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