Wicked

...it was the best experience ever...it's really hard to describe...just go see it...unless you hate musical theater...which I just don't see how that's possible...so anyway, if you really want a full review, I'll do one...but it's hard to put it into words...don't judge the Wicked Witch of the West UNTIL you see Wicked...ok, I must go.

Bye! :)

Portland Trip!

Yep, I'm in Portland! Once a year my family takes a weekend off and drives to Portland...the staying in the car for three straight hours isn't fun, but I like staying in a hotel, and going to new places with good food or things to do. Plus, I get to experience my birthday present, finally, here in Portland. Tonight, I'M SEEING WICKED!!! I may love ballet, but I also love musical theater...I sort of get the best of both worlds now, dancing afternoons in the school year, and then doing a musical theater intensive in the summer, where we put on a really fun show...I've already blogged about it a lot...you know, Godspell. But back to the best of both worlds thing, I'm glad that I don't have to choose what I want to pursue for my future yet, because I need these next five years to figure that out.

I'll keep updating on Portland, and I'll dedicate a post to Wicked (AKDJGLKEJGLDKNLDKAVLKJG!!!!!!!!!!!!!) explaining how amazing I already know it'll be :) 

Update + Swan Lake + Hunger Games

Hi everyone! I'm already punishing myself for not posting...but I don't really know what to post about. I also have been pretty busy with homework, essays, dance, and voice lessons homework.

Ok, onto more interesting things! So, it has been informed of me by a fellow blogger that our big ballet company is doing SWAN LAKE NEXT SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last year, for our June recital, one of my ballet classes did a part of Swan Lake, and we had really pretty tutus...and it was so fun!!! I can't wait to see the full thing now!!! Also, I saw the Black Swan Pas de Deux at a performance that incorporated other bits of ballets, and it was so dramatic and pretty!!! And to top it off, we got to see it backstage, which was AMAZING!!!!!

Also, The Hunger Games movie is coming out soon! I can't wait! I really loved the first book, but as I continued to read the rest, I didn't quite enjoy them as much (SSSHHHHH, don't tell!).
I also found this website online that got a little thing written by Suzanne Collins who said she was pleased with the movie, which is a good sign. It also mentions that it is a bit different from the book, showing different points of view (or something like that), but I'm staying positive, and thinking that the new aspects will contribute very well to the film.

Here is the link:
http://mockingjay.net/2012/03/01/suzanne-collins-really-happy-with-the-hunger-games-movie/

Ok, I have to get dressed for school now!
I shall try to blog more :-) Bye!

Hi Again!

Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't been posting in a while! I don't have ton to post on...so are there any posts you want to see? Like topics? Please comment :-)

I would now like to talk about Ellen Degeneres. She is very funny, and so incredibly kind. There are other reasons that she is an amazing person, but I don't want a ton of hate or anything like that...anyway, her show has a YouTube channel, and I love watching it and have subscribed to that through my e-mail account. Because of ballet I miss it when it is on, so the clips are really fun to watch. I shall link the channel right here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheEllenShow

Oh, one more thing: I am a teenager! Finally! Okay...bye!!!

Ballet Audition Follow Up

Hi guys...if anyone was curious, I didn't get into the ballet intensive. But whatever...I'm already doing Godspell so it's okay.
Plus, the auditions were international, so people literally travel from different places just to audition.

Okay...that's about it...bye!

Cast List is OUT!!!

The Godspell cast list is out! I'm really excited. This post has to be really quick, so I just want to say that I do have one solo, and if you're interested (and because I'm excited) I'll link it below. Bye!

Learn Your Lessons Well (I'm only doing the first part that ends at 0:40)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U_TFiEwMVQ&feature=fvst

P.S. Sorry about not posting about the callback...is anyone still interested? Comment below.

Ballet Audition

Yes, as the title indicates, I did I a summer ballet intensive audition today. I was pretty confidant, but got more nervous when we were in the studio. There were about 80 people (some boys, but mostly girls) there, and I felt intimidated by how good some of the girls were. Barre went fine though. The only odd thing was, at our studio, we start with both hands off the barre for preparation, but I guess at that certain school, that's not how they do it, because many people started with one hand on the barre. That tripped me up for preparations, but otherwise it was fine.

Then onto center, for some reason my leg wouldn't hold up in the center when we did adagio, so it actually lowered enough so my foot touched the ground. It was frustrating because I knew I could do it, I was just so nervous that I had a hard time keeping my balance. Grrrr... But the other leg I did fine.

Across the floor was a bit odd. I don't know if it was because of our amount of time, but we would only do one side...odd. But whatever, that's OK. Then, we were instructed to put on our pointe shoes. We were told that if we hadn't done something in our other classes, we don't have to do it at the audition. I followed that rule and didn't do pique turns. That turned out to be very awkward on my part, because everyone else did the piques. So after everyone finished, there were a little less than 80 people on one side of the room (the boys didn't do them) and me on the other side. I felt like everyone was staring at me, but that was probably not true.

Last but not least, we have to wait up to 2 1/2 weeks to know. I want to know, but I already know that I'm doing the musical theater program this summer, so it's not an option for me, unless I drop out of Godspell.

Anyway, I'd like to hear from you: what do you do to make your auditions the best they can be? I'll post tomorrow about my musical theater callback. Bye!