Mara at the Romanian Opera

On Christmas Eve's morning Mara performed in the Opera Roman's children show, The Dolls' Shop. She is so passionate about everything related with ballet, no matter what, she worked in the last few month exclusively for those 4 minutes of dance on the stage. 

Her biggest threaten is to hear: "You won't go to ballet today!". 

Mara is just a little slave in the sea of small ballerinas, but she is so proud of her performance, and we are, too. 

Sneak Preview of Mara's Opera Show

In every year, around the Christmas, the Romanian Opera indulges us with lots of beautiful shows. We use to go with the kids every winter to watch the Nutcracker (and many others), but this year will be very special: Mara will be on the stage! 

She has a small part in the Christmas Eve's show for kids, "Magazinul de papusi" (The Dolls' Store). So I'm really eager to see her dancing!

The costume arrived today, so she wore it and she performed her dance for our eyes only, to our much delight.

The music is from Aida by Verdi: "Danza dei piccoli schiavi mori", a very rhythmic piece of music.

Isn't she such a beauty?

Mara's TVR Show Coming Soon

She was invited, among another eight kids from her ballet opera troupe, to record a show for the Romanian State Television. Of course I'm proud, of course I'm happy, of course I have to share it! 

Photo by Mihai Stetcu

Mara's Opera Show

Yes, she is a little star, she cries when you're threatening her about not going to rehearsal, she puts order between children and dances her soul out. On Sunday she perfomed on the main Romanian Opera stage: "The Doll's Store". I'm very proud of my little daughter and I'd love her to pursue her dream of becoming a real ballerina.

Pictures by Mihai Stetcu.

 

I asked myself if is my dream or her's, cause I didn't want to force her to fulfill my own dreams. Well... I never dreamed of being ballerina, I always wanted to be a gymnast. When I was a child, my real star was Nadia Comaneci, that's what I was dreaming about. But my skills were never so sharp, so I chose to be for a long time an artistic gymnast, before this sport became an Olympic discipline.  

So, I hope Mara will have the drive to become a ballerina, as I know we will help her in all her wishes and dreams.

Little Ballerina

Mara had the first rehearsal on the big stage of the Romanian Opera. I had only the small camera, and I was too far to use the flash, so the pictures aren't so great, but I promise next week I will have great beautiful pictures from the show.