Posted by Candice Thompson

Suzanne Farrell Ballet was performing at the Kennedy Center this week, so Deborah Lohse and I decided to drive down on Sunday to see our friends perform. It was a quick day trip, but the weather was gorgeous and good times were had.

Here you see us in Georgetown on M street, in dresses that turned out to be quite similar, and in our comfy birks. Don’t worry, we put on fancy heels before we entered the opera house!

There was a beautiful sunset over the water during the second intermission. Deb decided to splurge on a box of chocolates and we each had one as we looked at JFK’s words of wisdom on the wall of the terrace.

The show ended with Slaughter on Tenth Avenue which was a great note to end on. We headed back to the dressing rooms to say hi to everyone and switch from contacts to glasses before the long drive back to NYC.

The drive back really wasn’t so bad and was completely worth it to see good friends dance; a rare opportunity when most are now spread out in companies all over the country. We played our music loud, talked about upcoming projects for ad hoc Ballet, and of course, wore our seatbelts!