Brooklyn's First Dance Recital

Brooklyn started dance this past fall and has been preparing for this spring dance recital since then. We love the little studio that she goes to.  Her dance instructor is the most kind and caring person.  In the choreographer's notes of one of the dances at the recital she wrote that she has suffered miscarriages and now is not able to have any children due to chronic medical problems. So the dancers at her studio are like her kids. The studio is a non-profit and she even sometimes loses money from running it.  But she wants all kids to be able to experience dance if it interests them. I'm so glad that this has been Brooklyn's first exposure to dance because it has been so FUN! No pressure just lots of fun and she is learning so much and loves to practice her moves at home.
She had three dances. The first one was with all of the Mini Technique classes and was performed to the song "Magic in Me". She blew me away with how enthusiastic she was with this performance! Absolutely no stage fright at all, in fact she seemed to just blossom on stage.  So funny because if you put her in front of a single adult and asked her to talk she wouldn't.  But put her on a stage in front of a hundred or so adults and dance and apparently it's no big deal.

Brooklyn is the one on the very most right hand side of the picture.

Backstage with Mama

The second performance was to "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas.

This was their dress rehearsal at the studio.

The third and final performance for her class was "Fire and Gold".  The theme for this recital was the elements: wind, fire, and rain.

Such horrible quality of pictures but I love Brooklyn's exuberance here. She is the second from the right.

Her daddy brought her flowers.

I was so proud of my little girl! What made me the most happy was how happy it made her to perform.  I just felt on the brink of tears the whole time watching her dance. In between performances I would run backstage to help her change costumes and after the first dance she was just exuding happiness and ran into my arms telling me "Mama I did it!!" You did it baby girl!!