Daniella's Dance Recital

This morning was Daniella's dance recital. She told me all morning "It's my recital day! It's my recital day!". The group dances were choreographed so that some children stood still, or made poses while others danced around. It made our no flash photos turn out really neat.

As promised, I videotaped the dances Daniella was in for grandparents. Here is the "Parrot Dance" I've been hearing so much about. Daniella is the first dancer to enter from the left. She is in the blue costume. The dancer on the far right in the line is following the teacher, so you can tell what they were supposed to be doing. I always watched this dancer in class from the window to see what the teacher was doing because she was the best imitator since she practices yoga with her Mom. Daniella seemed to match the beat well even though she did not do much of what the teacher showed her. She preferred dancing around the other dancers to following the teachers movements.

You can tell in this picture that she was a parrot. She danced more like a parrot than a ballerina, but it was cute.

In this dance, "The Bug Dance", Daniella was the first blue dancer to enter. She ran over to the far left flower.

However, as you will hear another dancer mention, she was supposed to be at the far right flower.

At the end, she was the first dancer in her class to run out for a bow. Each time her group went on stage, she was one of the first to run out.

A little curtsy!