Winter Wonderland

Hey everybody! I am a lazy, lazy person, I know. But yesterday was the last day of school for me until January, so I will hopefully have more time to blog this break!

Anyways, today I wanted to post about my school's Holiday show we put on last weekend. I was in three dance numbers for this show: Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (a tap dance), Waltz of the Snowflakes (an ensemble ballet piece) and Arabian Coffee (a duo acrobatic ballet piece).

So today I would like to share with you some pictures from my show!

(In costume backstage for Arabian Coffee)

So first I'm going to share some photos of my stage makeup. Since my discovery of gyaru, I've since modeled my stage makeup after gyaru makeup. It just makes my eyes appear much larger on stage, which is good under the harsh lights, which always seem to make my eyes look minuscule. 

(Me and my friend Ashley, who is being a good dancer and pinning her bangs back)

On the topic of makeup, I don't really know how red lips suit me. Do you think they look good or bad? I can never tell. But we had to have our Russian Red lips going on for this show!

Anyways, the first set of pictures are from our Parade of the Wooden Soldiers dance. This dance is one of the dances that I HATE being in because I look ridiculous (costume-wise), but audiences LOVE it. 

I hated those hats!! Mine always fell down on to my face because I have a small head. It was so frustrating!! I had to stick like, twenty pieces of foam in it to get it to stay on!

The next set of photos will be from Waltz of the Snowflakes, our ballet ensemble piece.

Me and Ashley doing the end pose from a dance we did together last year.

Two of my very good friends, Ashley (left) and Elizabeth (right). Elizabeth is really tall!!

My friend Julianna (really pretty, and a great dancer!)

Me doing a big kick! I was sadly falling off my bottom foot :\

Alley (left) and I doing some bad ass penchés. 

Alley proposing to Julianna, who is doing a fantastic penché!!

We fool around a lot back stage, and dancers love to take pictures. So naturally, we spent more time taking pictures than anything else! But it was a good time.

The last set of photos is from my Arabian Coffee dance! I absolutely love this dance, but I was so nervous before the performance. However, it turned out very well, considering some factors. I will post the video after the pictures as well!

The Arabian dance that I performed is what I call acrobatic ballet. It focuses more on the virtuosity than the technique, especially our version. And since it was done barefoot and not en pointe, it loses a little more of its balletic feel. But here's the video for you to watch!

All in all, the show was a success, and it was super fun to do also! I had a great time, and maybe if they produce a DVD of the show, I can show you more of the dances.

I am so relieve that it is finally Christmas break! I finally have some time to just sit and relax, and not have to worry about anything! All my Christmas shopping is done and wrapped, all my trees are decorated, my whole house is festive, and things are going great!

Anyways, I will hopefully be posting again in the near future. And please, if you have any recommendations for blog posts, send them to me! Tweet them to me, formspring them, comment, I could use the ideas! Anywho, I will see you all soon! Bye for now!