We may be biased, but this little German doll and angel stole the show.
This year Aubrie had even more parts and costume changes than last year, which created a very busy and stressful Nutcracker.
Because she was a friend in the living room scene, we also had the pleasure..cough, cough...of doing her hair in these awful curlers several times. Just this hairdo alone, was so much work and so exhausting.
The Nutcracker week is like a full-time job for mom with all the behind-the-scenes work. The kids didn't know at the time, but mommy was battling some serious morning sickness throughout the week. Fortunately, Grandma was there to help out!
Aubrie was hoping for well over a year that she may be picked as German Doll. It is a pointe solo in a very fun scene. She was thrilled to do the part and she did wonderful! She dances with strings around her wrists, and Drosselmeyer makes it look like she is a marionette. In her first show, he dropped one of the strings, causing it to go between her legs. But she didn't break her character, and continued to dance her part until she could quickly remove it without a distraction to the audience. Her improvisation and courage to keep dancing was impressive! She also received many compliments on her stage presence.
Teyah also was amazing. She was the "lead" angel and radiated joy as she led all of the angels on stage and also had a separate solo where she pretended to light the Christmas tree with her candle. She also showed great poise on stage when the rat king accidentally dropped the crown and it rolled over the orchestra pit. Part of her role was to take the crown from the rat king, wrap it around her wrist, do her dance, and then give it to the prince at the end of her dance. But when the rat king didn't have the crown, she didn't break character, and continued with the dance. Even though mom was having a panic attack in the audience, Teyah kept her sweet little smile through the whole dance -- even with the prince asking her over and over again for the crown! These little performers impressed their mama!
This Chinese umbrella girl costume was one of our favorites! Aubrie did a great job in this cute little dance in the second act.
And what fun it was to be a Madame Ginger child, sliding down the slide and dancing this cute part.
AND, she was a war soldier, which also changed into a unicorn that pulled Clara's sleigh. She was such a good sport with all these costumes!
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