About this time last year I was doing some planning. A rare thing for me I know! This was an event I would look forward to for the next 9 months! No, it wasn't a baby! It was the Ballet! My first adult experience with the ballet was with KD on a Mom's weekend with her sorority. We went to the Cleveland ballet. BOOOORRRRING! I'm pretty sure I fell asleep. Then our friends invited us to the Milwaukee Ballet's Nutcracker. It has become a yearly tradition and we truely enjoy it. One of the dancers is from our town, and she is amazing, so now we're fans! This past year, we became family package subscribers! We took Callie to Cinderella (see the video here), we went with our friends to the Nutcracker, and then the event I couldn't wait for, May 16th, 2010 - PETER PAN! How perfect is that face above. The dancer's name is Marc Petrocci. We've enjoyed him in the Nutcracker as one of the clowns. Very acrobatic and entertaining. A great dancer and great actor. I couldn't wait to see him as Peter Pan! I had been following the rehersals and press leading up to the show, and I found out there would be two dancers playing Peter. Oooh did that make me nervous! What if we didn't get to see THIS Peter Pan, the face of the show! The minute we sat in our seats I flipped as fast as I could through the program to find out which Peter we would see.
....It wasn't him. Ugh, my heart sank. All this time looking forward to the Peter in my mind. Despite this blow, I was determined to enjoy it. As the Artistic Director was doing his pre-show schpiel, he preceeded to tell us that tonights Peter had fallen ill, and Marc Petrocci was going to be dancing the role for us! Fate was rooting for me that night! You couldn't wipe the smile off my face! It was Awesome! I loved it, and so did the kids.
I LOVE the story of Peter Pan. I love the movies about the story - Wonderland is one of my favs! A month before the show, I read the real, J. M. Barrie - Peter Pan every night to the kids. There are certain themes in that book that just speak to my heart. I am reduced to tears when the kids finally decide to leave Neverland and go back to their Mom. Poor Trent, I could barely finish reading I was sobbing so bad! He just kept asking, "whats the matter Mom?" I guess something only a Mom can understand.
And of course the loss of the pure simple joys of youth.
"Why can't you fly now, mother?"
"Because I am grown up, dearest. When people grow up they forget the way."
"Why do they forget the way?"
"Because they are no longer gay and innocent and heartful. It is only the gay and innocent and heartful who can fly."
— J.M. Barrie
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