Performance for the Prince

The prince asked me to give a ballet performance (Session 21) and asked after it again later (Session 25). Naturally I cannot refuse. Gabriella suggested I can do Kitri's fan dance from Don Quixotte, Act 3 (Session 29).

To perform Kitri for the prince, I needed an outfit. I bought a fan first (Session 33) and later I got fabric for a outfit when it turned out buying it was just not going to work (Session 35). I finished the outfit finally and set a date for the performance (Session 36), but when I performed I made a bit of a mess of it. Some restoration is in order, and I need a headpiece, because roses do -not- work for me. Either way, the performance went reasonably well. Even if it wasn't all I'd hoped, the prince was pleased! (Session 37)

Egyptian Dances

While in Luxor, I got a chance to practice with some traditional Egyptian dancers (Session 55). They rather sabotaged me during the performance and I completely blanked out so it was a deadly embarrassing performance (Session 56). I took some time to show pointe to Sitamun and Merti, though I'm not sure I was the best teacher. They seemed to like it though (Session 58). Finally, I danced Nikiya and told the story of La Bayadère to the court, which I feel was a much bigger success than my earlier performance (Session 59).

Nutcracker

With nutcracker season approaching, I applied for the role of Clara at the School of American Ballet (Session 64). I auditioned for the role of Clara, and a few other minor roles just in case, but so did Gabriella (Session 65). I got Clara, but Gabriella did not get any role, and Christine Metz seems to be involving herself in my class... I don't know what to do (Session 66). An opportunity presented itself and I told Nicolas deJesus about Christine getting involved, maybe that will help (Session 67).

Eventually the demon took care of it through some clumbsy attempts which eventually got the Prince to settle things (Session 79). When the demon was exorcised, I got hurt, but at least I'm myself again and I can attend ballet classes again - I hope to be well enough soon to dance again. Christine also came by offering to share the school. I'm sure we can work something out together (Session 85). I started with ballet classes again and have been doing extra practice with Gabriella to get ready (Session 86). I formally invited the prince to the performance and she accepted (Session 87)! The other dancers were not happy with my return, hoping I'd drop out and the role would be freed up. Do I even deserve it (Session 88)? The teacher nevertheless assigned extra practice (Session 89). Final rehearsals went okay, the teacher didn't outright destroy me... (Session 92) I was very nervous for the performance, but I did not even have time to think about that. I had to help everyone get in, because there was an issue with tickets - I may have misunderstood. Luckily Gabriella's father was there to help and I promised to repay him. After that, everything went off without a hitch, my dances went great, and I managed to hit the Mouse King with my shoe! Everyone was excited, especially Gabriella and I am really happy with the outcome (Session 93).