Well, it may amaze and surprise you that I actually made it off the subway yesterday and survived another day to record another entry in the blog! I know it surprised and amazed me! Thankfully my worst fear of being stuck at "the end of the subway line" and not being able to find my way back to the apartment was not realized!My iPhone has been my constant companion as I have "hopstop" loaded and it continually tells me what train I should be on and where I should exit the station. It was fun to go to Lincoln Center yesterday and pick up my ticket and peruse the gift shop at the Metropolitan Opera House. Bruce very kindly arranged for me to have a VERY good seat (7th row orchestr
a) so I know I will have a wonderful view! Amanda will pick up her ticket at ABT on Thursday--right now she has no idea where her seat will be. If she is way up high in the balcony--I will feel quite badly about my nice seat! I offered to trade with her if she receives a seat in another zip code, but she politely declined and of course she wants to sit with her fellow ABT students!I hope you enjoy these pictures of Lincoln Center. There is quite a lot of construction around the area, as you can probably tell from the pictures. Juilliard is right next door to the Metropolitan Opera House and both New York City Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre perform at Lincoln Center.
Amanda really enjoyed her jazz class yesterday with Joe Istre. Some of you may remember him from the National RDA Festival in Pittsburgh. (Remember the warmup he did to "Over the Rainbow?") He is an awesome teacher and according to Amanda it was a fun class! Amanda loves ballet, but it was so nice to get back to taking a jazz class! She also had pilates, ballet, pointe, and choreography today, so it was a full day of classes.They have Pilates/Yoga only four times a week, so today is her day off! Therefore we were able to sleep in a little as she didn't have to be at the ABT facility until 9:30 (rather than 8:30). She enjoyed the chance to be ab
le to sleep in this morning, just a little! It also means she doesn't have to tote the yoga mat today, as she has to bring it for both Yoga and Pilates. She also has her first character class today with Olga Dvorovenko. She is actually dancing the lead in Romeo and Juliet for several of the ABT performances of the ballet that will be presented while we are here.
le to sleep in this morning, just a little! It also means she doesn't have to tote the yoga mat today, as she has to bring it for both Yoga and Pilates. She also has her first character class today with Olga Dvorovenko. She is actually dancing the lead in Romeo and Juliet for several of the ABT performances of the ballet that will be presented while we are here.We hope that you are all having an enjoyable summer!
Amanda and Beth
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