Jessicas Ballet Life: Round 1

Round 1

This James a a fellow competitor in the Junior section. His name is Miguel and he is 16 years old from Portugal, he was also at Arabesque in Perm, Russia 2 months ago.

A giant banner of the competition.

The International Jury!!!

My STUNNING Tutu mad by Alta!!!

James and I after Round 1 where we performed Bluebird and Princess Florine from Sleeping Beauty. I am sorry there is no picture of us in costume, I realized after we had taken off our costumes and James' unitard is a mission to get on...

James and I were so nervous for Bluebird, I have no idea why because we have performed it with the company the last time we put on Sleeping Beauty. The stress in the dressing room was so high. I had to leave and go to the mens dressing room where James was because I was getting so nervous that I needed the toilet every 5 seconds!!! The time came for our turn to take the stage. They call out our names (which they think my name is Overton Jessica for some reason, they called James Fraser out correctly, so now the people of Korea think my name is Overton). We gave it everything we had, but most importantly, we danced from the heart. We may not be doing all the amazing tricks and having the highest legs, but we dance from our souls and the audience loved us, James even got a special applaud and bravo for the famous Bluebird diagonal in the coda. No matter what happens I am proud of us and thank you to Thoriso for giving us his spare time to help coach us, we are really missing him here, but he is here in spirit. Another thank you to Alta for our stunning costumes, I truly felts like a Princess (Princess Florine) and James looked like the perfect Bluebird! Please hold thumbs for us as we await the results for Round 2!!!!

There is a costume exhibition in the foyer of the Theater. I thought I would take a few picture to show the beautiful Korean style of tutu's. They loooooove their bling. I must say that my tutu does most definitely compare (",)