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| The ballet dancers in Nutcracker costumes | 255.05 KB |
| Showing how they warm up | 582.62 KB |
| Audience participation in warming up | 254.33 KB |
| Touching their toes | 239.17 KB |
| Turning jumping jacks into a ballet move | 251.11 KB |
| Ellie jumping over a %22puddle%22 to show her leaping skills | 970.57 KB |
The students at Barnett were favored with a shortened Nutcracker performance by Ballet West this morning. In addition to viewing the performance--complete with music and costumes--the students were able to learn about what it takes to be a ballet dancer. The dancers demonstrated a typical ballet warm up routine which, as they pointed out, always includes music unlike some other types of dance. They invited students to come up to join them in some warm up routines and explained how some moves we do regularly are transformed in ballet to be more graceful or to have more muscle control. It was a fantastic assembly with one fourth grader stating emphatically after it ended, "This was one of the best assemblies ever!" Thank you Ballet West for coming to our school!