{"id":9395,"date":"2024-06-20T08:07:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=9395"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:34:46","slug":"dancing-through-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=9395","title":{"rendered":"Dancing Through Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three dress rehearsals, three shows, eight dances; and one more show as a stage assistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five years ago, I sat in the audience and watched Avery\u2019s ballet class perform without her.\u00a0\u00a0She was paralyzed with fear and couldn\u2019t bring herself to step on stage. There was no redeeming herself the following year as the world was shut down from COVID.\u00a0\u00a0The following year, 2021, the world was slowly recovering; the \u201crecital\u201d was a typical class in costumes.\u00a0\u00a0Avery had a foot injury in 2022 so while her Pre-point class performed in the spring ballet, Avery was on stage only as a tree and for her bow. Last year, 2023, four years after Avery\u2019s stage fright incident, she finally performed on stage\u2026.I remember holding my breath at her first competition, praying that she would come out with her dance team. She did, and she did many times after that the remainder of the year with additional competitions, a spring ballet, and multiple performances in the recital.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I no longer \u201cworry\u201d about her getting on stage.  She gets up on stage each time dancing her heart out and I just sit back and enjoy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 7:00 SHOW<\/p>\n\n\n\n