The plié/releve circle
In case it hasn’t been clear, the place where I have been teaching in Savannah is Winger contributor Veronica Moretti Niebuhr’s studio (called The Studio).
On Saturday Ms. V, four of our students (Caitlin, Kieran, Michelle, and Siena), Ms. V’s kids Enzo and Sophia, Caitlin’s mom Janie, and I went to the beach to do a little dancing! I gave them a bunch of center work, from tendus and grand battements, to single pirouettes and coupe jetes en menege. It was so much fun!
Pliés in fourth
Rhonds de Jambes
Circles in the sand!
Ballerina tracks… Tendus to the side, coming front and going back.
Caitlin gives the girls an adagio combination when we first got to the beach. I think everyone was so excited and giggly to be there that the penchées got a little out of control. Good times.
Sienna and me (with crazy salty hair), pre-”class”
Enzo and Sophie, doing a dance of their own design
jennifer
ronde de jambes are perfect for the sand! too bad we can’t have sand on the floor in the studio
Aug 14, 2007 @ 04:24
kristin sloan
working on it
Aug 14, 2007 @ 12:24
SanderO
Fabulous diary. Dancing on sand. These students are great!
Aug 14, 2007 @ 16:15
caitlin
hahaha that video is too funny! great pictures. what a fun day- wish we could do it more often!!
Aug 15, 2007 @ 03:31
Maia
what a brilliant idea!
and well done for doing something fun with training!
I always love dancing / moving in nature (I often fool around in quarries or next to water). I’ll definitely remember this one next time I’m at the beach.
Aug 18, 2007 @ 22:01