Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Zoe's and Akela's Ballet Recital

Zoe and Akela have been in ballet classes since around the middle of March. They practiced very hard every Monday and towards the end of the class every Saturday as well. Their performance this year was on stage at a local high school! Their recital this year was Cinderella! Both Zoe and Akela were little mice and Zoe had 2 extra parts, a little blue bird and a lady who tried on the glass slipper (not one of the evil step sisters). It was so cool to see my little girls dancing on stage! Great job Zoe and Akela!


This picture is really blurry, but it reminded me of an Impressionist Edgar Degas painting! That's Zoe's back!



It was really dark in the theater and my camera was a little less than cooperative, but here are a few shots of the girls on stage!


As ball guests...


As cute little mice!




At the very end of the recital... Zoe is right behind Akela who is in the center...


I snapped some much better pictures back stage before the performance!

Akela being a shy little mouse!



"Mommy do you like my mouse ears?"



Being too cute!



Zoe in her pretty blue bird costume! They both really loved having stage makeup applied!


Zoe's pretty bird tail!


She was so happy, but a bit nervous about being on stage!



They both did a wonderful job remembering all of their parts and steps! I was so impressed by all that they learned in such a short period of time! Way to go girls!










9 comments:

Emily said...

Awesome job, Akela and Zoe! it must have been so much fun watching your little girls up on stage! Grace starts dance this fall, and I am so excited for the recitals!

The Wymer Clan said...

Yeah girls! Glad everybody did well at the recital! Awesome pics, even the blurry one!

Dawn said...

Oh my! Beautiful girls. Love their outfits. Glad the show hit off for everyone. ~ Dawn ~

Jenny said...

What beautiful ballerinas! Looks like they did a terrific job.

Mandy said...

Awww they are both so cute! It looks like they had a great time at the recital.

Greene Family said...

Way to go, Zoe and Akela!! So pretty - love the pictures! I can imagine how much fun it was to watch their recital!

Caden and Mommy said...

Melisa!
Adorable pictures~ reminds me of my ballet days, years ago :0)

Kim said...

Great job girls! Wow Melissa, they are GORGEOUS! Oh my Gos! So grown up looking-they are going to be stunning teenagers and I do not envy you with dealing with the boyfriends! Great pictures of thr girls. Glad they enjoyed their dancing!

Destini said...

Way to go girls! I can't believe how old they look with some makeup and their hair pulled up! I'm not showing Tay this post, I'm trying to avoid dance classes, we live a half hour from town..