Mary Rollins has decided post-Governor's School for the Arts that as much as she loves ballet, she doesn't want to major or minor in ballet in college. To quote, "I can't imagine wearing pointe shoes eight hours a day for my job." Apparently, that's the real telling point for a future ballet career. She claims that it doesn't really matter whether or not the college she chooses has ballet or even a dance program (and no, having a "dance team" is not the same as having dance) but being a mom and knowing better, I think she would miss it. And so, as I research colleges for Mary Rollins (she has officially hired me as her educational consultant), I find myself looking to see if colleges have dance programs (preferably ballet) or at least their town a real ballet company that would offer adult classes and put on Nutcracker. Why? Because even though she can't imagine being on pointe eight hours a day, she also can't imagine a life without Nutcracker. She'll do whatever it takes to be in the Nutcracker, even if it means being a party parent.
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| Last year's rehearsal of Snow. I love the little snow flurries off to the left watching the Snow Corps. A friend of ours who is a retired ballerina told us that hearing the Nutcracker music brings on a minor panic attack. I'm afraid that in the future MR and her friends will burst into bittersweet tears of longing. |
