Saturday!

Hi I am Chloe Horne. I officially started my 4th season with this fantastic company on Thursday. In the first two days of work we learned 4 pas de deuxs (dances between a man and a woman) choreographed by Balanchine, plus some good and vicious vampire action as well.
 I wish every person, not just dancers could experience dancing Balanchine's work. I learned 3 of of the 4 pas including "Stars and Stripes", "Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux" and "La Sonnambula". Each is a masterpiece and an absolute gift to be able to work on. This crash course in Balanchine's work reminds me of attending the Sacramento Ballet summer program from the age of 10 to 15 or so. Carinne (the co-dirictor of Sac ballet) would stuff our heads with as many variations as possible each week. I relished it. I loved it! The past few days felt like a grown up version of that.  Inspiration and excitement have been waking me up at night. Aspects of choreography pop into my head that I can't wait to tell my husband about or want to do right then - at 3 in the morning.  I am very happy and grateful to have this job. 

During the course of our day we get to be immersed in elegant and beautiful movement for an hour and then work on being evil, sensual, full of blood-lust vampires the next, then back to a completely different dance that calls for spunk and playfulness. We hear stories of the legendary men and women that left legacies through dancing the very choreography we are learning. We laugh a whole lot and us ladies whine about the state of our toes. It is so good to be back. I hope you join us often to read our blog updates and see our performances. One of my most favorite parts of my job is that I get to watch incredible dancers all day! You should come be inspired by it too!