My Experience in The Nutcracker Ballet by Natalia, Age 8
Natalia |
It was time. I went on stage and the curtain went up and I
saw thousands of people in front of me. I was a soldier
so I was running around saluting in a battle with the rats. After that was finished they carried us away. They
were bigger than me. They ran with their tails dragging behind them. They
scared me, especially the e King Rat because he had so many heads. But the
Nutcracker Prince killed him.
So then the kids who were soldiers went home but not me. I
had another part. I had to run to the bathroom and wash off my cheeks because I
was an angel and had to be very pale. I had this itchy halo on my head and tons
of slips. I led the angels across the stage and I had to bend my knees and slide my feet and pretend
I was floating. I felt strange. I had silver wings on my back and I was
carrying a plastic bush. When all the angels were in two rows we had to walk
across the stage to switch places. Patricia MacBride, a famous dancer, was the
Sugar Plum Fairy and she danced around us. I saw one angel trip her and I
heard the Fairy say, “Oh my gosh!” But she kept on dancing just like you are supposed
to do in a performance.
Finally we had to bow with everybody on the stage and instead
of our trees we got instruments to hold. As he walked by us, Fritz would say
all these weird things like “This is boring” or “I saw you already.” Sometimes
David Richardson who was in charge of us would watch from the side of the stage
and would open his mouth and point his finger to the right or to the left
telling us to move. Mr. B. was usually there.
After the end of the performance I got three bunches of flowers with notes on them like “Congratulations on Opening Night.” I felt happy and proud of myself.
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