The closing ceremony
We were so happy that we were going to be performing in the Gala performance. That morning, we were having breakfast and Thoriso came waltzing in and told us that Oksana, one of the organizers called and said that we must be on stage at the awards ceremony to collect Angela's prize as well as our own prize!!!! WHAT!!! We won the Galina Ulanova award for the spirituality of dance. We were screaming in that room and we could not believe that we were not even in the finals but we were awarded a prize! When we got to the theatre, the list was up on who had won awards. To our shock, not only did we win the Galina Ulanova award, but we had also won the Press Jury Award for the best duet! Oh we were so thrilled!!!
When we were sitting on stage in our nice clothes waiting for the awards ceremony to begin, Vladimir Vasiliev came and spoke to all us dancers. Vladimir Vasiliev is a LEGEND here in Russia! He was part of Rudulf Nureyev's generation. He just walks into the room and people are clapping and taking pictures, just to give you an idea of his fame here in Russia.
The curtains opened and the audience was so full! Not one seat was open! They announced many things, but all in Russian, so we had not clue what was going on. They announced the Galina Ulanova Award and Overton Jessica and Fraser James from UR (which is South Africa in Russian) and the entire audience whistled and applauded! We have never once had an audience applaud for us like that! Vladimir Valiliev took the microphone and spoke ABOUT US (in Russian). This legend spoke about us!!!! We are going to find out from one of the translators what he said about us because that alone is a once in a lifetime... thing!!! We received a medal each, flowers, certificates, gift bags and $ 1000!!! One of the press jury members also spoke about us in Russian. Wow I still can't believe this happened to us. We were made to feel so special. We also received our press jury award for the best duet and I collected Angela's Bronze medal, certificate and flowers for her. This was and evening that we will never forget, a dream come true! I don't think we would ever have made it this far if Thoriso had not helped us! He was one of the only people that believed in us (besides all of you reading this (",) ) and gave up his time to coach us and polish us and made us believe in ourselves! I am forever grateful to you Thoriso, I have no way of thanking you. You really have changed the way I think of myself and the way I dance.
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| Our Awards (",) |
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| Our Awards (",) |
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Angela Revie's Bronze Medal Award
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