Mia has been taking a dance class with the Dance Craze Academy (run by a British woman and her Hungarian husband) here in Budapest. The class is in English and she's made quite a few new friends through it as there are no children from her school in her class. She's in the 3 - 4 year old class even though she turned 5 in the middle of the year. It works for her as she is not a serious dancer and likes it more for social reasons...
Their end of year recital was on Sunday at the American International School (they have a great theater). I wasn't sure what to expect as I've only heard very little from Mia. I did know the theme was Disney. Mia's teacher had confided in me a few weeks before the show that she wasn't sure how much Mia would participate as she (like Terence) was a bit of a dreamer and would lose focus often. This is what happens to kids when both parents are marketing people!
Anyhow, she did well. Curt and I laughed as she was almost always the first one on stage urging the others to join. She even directed a few others as to where to go on stage and she had a solo part. Okay, so her solo was to sit on the stage dressed as a pumpkin during the Cinderella performance when the fairy godmother turns the pumpkin into a horse and carriage. We were still impressed!
I'm not saying Mia has a future in dance but she certainly had a great time. We all loved watching too. Terence lost interest about 75% through but Ali was glued to the performance. Mia's younger group was only on stage about 15% of the time as there were lots of older ones performing too. They were all great.
I'll upload the photos at a later time. In the meantime, please enjoy these videos of Mia's group performing.
Little Mermaid
Cinderella's little mice friends
More mice
Helping Cinderella with her dress. Poor Mia kept losing her mouse ears.
I'm a Little Teapot. Thought these were the most adorable costumes. Mia wasn't so sure about this routine. It's cute to watch them all looking at each other for guidance.
Take a bow
