Miriam's Dance Recital

Miriam has worked really hard this year in dance class. She has improved as a tap and ballet dancer. She has decided this will be her last year taking dance. Next year she wants to focus on swim lessons and piano lessons.

Unfortunately Miriam's costume for the dance recital this year was hideous. The girls in her class were all so disappointed to not have a cute sparkly costume. Despite complaints from dancers and parents nothing changed. In the end everyone decided to make the best of it and cheer on our girls.

at dress rehearsal

We enjoyed watching Miriam in her dance recital this year. Maybe someday she will take it back up again.

Miriam starts dance

Miriam is so excited to start dance for the new school year. She will be taking a ballet and tap combo class. She has a new teacher and all new friends in her class. We are excited to see her learn and perform this year.

Dance Recital

Miriam really enjoyed dance this year. She did a full school year of ballet and tap.

Miriam's last day of dance class

dress rehearsal

At the end of the year she had a recital where her class performed a tap routine. Miriam was excited to dress up in her costume and perform on stage. She did an amazing job. She remembered all the steps. I was a little nervous for her, but she did great. Miriam was so lucky to have so many people come and support her at her first big dance recital.

special ice cream date with Dad after her recital

*video disclaimer:  No video taping was allowed at the recital, so I recorded her routine on one of her last days of class. We were also allowed to record the dress rehearsal. What I didn't know is that they would run through it one time and that was it. Miriam's class was very first and I didn't have time to get the camera ready. All I got was a blurry video of her performance. I was so bummed. In the end I should have just used my phone to take a video. (She is in the back on the left end to start - then moves to the front.)*

Dance Pictures

Miriam didn't want to miss a chance to dress up and get her picture taken even though I didn't plan on buying any studio portraits. Since I opted out of paying a million dollars (okay, more like $30-80) for Miriam's dance pictures I snapped a few pictures before we left.

Prima Ballerina

Last fall we found a great deal on a 12 week dance class for Miriam. It included ballet, jazz, and tap. Miriam had a lot of fun and loved dancing every week. I wasn't sure at first how much I was going to like the class. In the end Miriam had fun so that is all that matters. They did ballet at the beginning of each class. This is where they learned the most technique. Then they learned a little jazz routine in the middle. At the end of each class they did a little bit of tap technique and then put on a show with costumes. Miriam loved dressing up as different princesses each week.

I guess I was lazy because I never took our "real" camera to her class, but I did capture a bunch of pictures on my iPhone. The pictures aren't the best quality, but still cute. These are all the pictures in order from her first class to her last.

I was able to take some videos on my iPhone. I broke it up into two parts because some of them are so long. The first video is the first two months and the second video is from the last month of class, including a bunch from her last class. On the last day of class they did a little performance of all the things they learned. Miriam did such a great job. A lot of the times she was the only one paying attention. We are excited to get her started in another dance class this coming year.