ballet
Lily began ballet classes yesterday
as i sat in a room with dance moms having dance mom talk, Will said it best when he said “welcome to the world of competitive parenting”
but, let’s not focus on what i will have to endure while Lily is learning ballet and let’s try to focus on Lily and the art of ballet itself shall we?
if you have been coming here for a while or personally know Lily, you know this has been a dream of hers for quite some time
it was her motivation to stop wearing diapers after all. that’s HUGE
the girl wants to be a ballerina
and i know, she is three and three year olds don’t really know what they want but, she wants to be a ballerina
all on her own she has wanted this
i have never danced ballet. ever
not when i was two. or three. never
my mom on the other hand danced ballet into her late teenage years, wanted to be a ballerina and had her ballerina dream crushed by her father who thought in those times that young respectable ladies shouldn’t dance for a living
maybe that’s why i was never taken to ballet….?
whatever
this is all new to me
this ballet world
tutus, ballet tights, ballet shoes and dance moms
dance moms. please ballet god do not let me become a dance mom
when i think of ballet, back swan, eating disorders, a crazy competitive world and dance moms consume my brain
those of course are the stereo typical things about ballet, right?
but, there is also the strict discipline to keep practicing, keep dancing and try to be a better dancer each time
and of course the art of ballet
there is nothing more beautiful than a ballerina in a tutu busting out some serious ballet on stage
so, Lily wants to be a ballerina
this may be a stage like princesses and fairies or it may not and she may really end up a ballerina
if she is serious about it, i hope she will be as devoted to it as she can be
and i will be as supportive as i can
without trying my hardest to become a dance mom (cringe)
mel
January 8, 2013 @ 9:52 pm
eeeep, there’s is nothing quite as ADORABLE as lil’ ballerina daughters! Not that ours is.. but when she dances around the house in a tutu I kind of melt inside! Good luck with that other ‘dark side’ of mompetition… ugh. Good for you to let her freely embrace her passions tho!
xx
mel
needle and nest
Claudia
January 8, 2013 @ 10:11 pm
@Mel,
little ballerinas are the cutest. thanks mama. we will see how this all plays out. xoxo