It has been a very long week but we finished learning Second Before The Ground! This is the first time I have had an opportunity to dance in a Trey McIntyre piece and it has been such a fun experience. Sacramento Ballet has performed Second Before the Ground a couple times before so a few of us had to play a little bit of catch-up.
Yesterday was the first day we ran through Second Before The Ground and let me tell you it was no piece of cake!! Before we started dancing, Jim Payne (our stager for Second Before The Ground), explained to us the meaning of the ballet’s title, he said to imagine if you were freefalling, all the love, happiness, and joy you experienced in your life flashes through your mind that last second before you hit the ground. Not the greatest thought but extremely inspiring; the ballet is so much fun but by the end we were all dripping sweat! I know that’s not exactly what anyone wants to hear, but it’s true! Today we ran through the ballet again, twice! The dancers made a list of happy thoughts to help us with the feeling of the piece which included everything from sunshine to popular television shows. We have four weeks before our show at the Community Center and from now until then I am going to try and let the ballet guide and inspire me.
Starting Tuesday, we will start preparing and piecing together all of our upcoming show! That means we have a long four weeks ahead of us but I know we will manage to make it fun!
Lauryn Winterhalder
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