Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The Little Match Girl Ballet



The Little Match Girl
is Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale of a poor young girl who is sent out on a cold, raw evening to sell match sticks to earn income for her family. The hustling crowds ignore her, and she takes shelter and tries to stave off the cold by lighting her matches since her father will beat her if she returns home with no sales. In the glow of the light from each match, she sees visions. Eventually she sees her grandmother, who carries her soul to heaven when she dies.

One of our local dance studios performed this ballet right before Christmas last year, and Catherine danced the part of one of the Candy Canes.


After her performance, Catherine was presented with a bouquet of roses from her dad.



Several friends and family members attended the performance.





After the show, we celebrated with tropical smoothies.





We were very proud of our ballerina!





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