Next weekend, the Youth Performing Arts School will present their end of the year recitals! It's one of my favorite times of year, as each class gets to perform part of a wonderful story and show their family and friends what they have been working on all year!
Our Primary Ballet II classes present Thumbelina, the story of a girl no larger than your thumb. One night, she is taken away from her family by an evil toad who wants Thumbelina to marry his son. With the help of a friendly fish and butterfly, she escapes the toad and drifts on a lily pad until she is found by a stag-beetle. However, his friends don't approve of Thumbelina, so she is again left alone against the cold winter. She finds shelter with an old field-mouse, with whom she helps clean house. The mouse suggests that Thumbelina should marry her neighbor, the mole, but Thumbelina would rather not. She slips away from the field-mouse with the help of a swallow who she nursed back to health. She and the swallow find comfort in a sunny field of flowers, where Thumbelina meets the flower prince - who is just her size! The story ends with Thumbelina marrying the prince and traveling with him from flower to flower.
Thumbelina was originially a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson. However, it was also made into a
movie! But I prefer watching our girls dance the story on stage. Come see them Saturday, June 9th, at 11:30 am and at 4:00 pm at the Parilla Performing Arts Center in Rockville!
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