2/7/2023 Question of the day

[petrea_mitchell]

World Ballet Day: Have you ever been to a ballet performance? If not, is this something that might interest you? Have you ever had ballet lessons?

My mom liked watching televised ballet performances when I was a kid. I showed some interest, which in retrospect was more about liking the music than the actual dancing, and that was enough to get me sent to ballet classes for a while.

A few months ago, I stumbled across this article about the ballet school I attended and discovered that I have something in common with our current vice president. I only missed her by a few years.

I did cross paths with the school's other famous alumna. I recall a girl named Tami who was in the same class for maybe a year. After she hadn't been around for a while, a rumor suddenly broke out that Tami had moved to Hollywood to be a movie star. There was general disbelief until we all went to see The Neverending Story, and there she was, right up there on the big screen.

Anyway, I was terrible at ballet. My best skill was being able to memorize sequences of steps faster than anyone. I was not inherently athletic or flexible enough, and I should never have been allowed into pointe classes because my big toes weren't properly straight. I like to think all that time did something for my balance and coordination, though.