History of American Ballet Performances

History of American Ballet Performances

By Moriah Peters 

In America the first ballet performance was a group of 3 short ballets pieces. It was performed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1735. Henry Holt from England brought his group to America. Because of heavy Puritan influence they could not start a ballet company.

The first full length ballet performance was in 1791 in Charleston South Carolina. Alexander Placide and his wife presented it with John Durang dancing in it. John Durang was America's first professional dancer. He was also a favorite of George Washington.

The first full season was in 1792 in New York City, again presented by the Placide's. That year they also off branched to New Orleans presenting full ballets. Mme Placide became the prima ballerina of New Orleans Theatre. In New Orleans they performed ballets by Noverre (who was the creator of modern ballet) and Dauberval (who was famous for "La fille mal gardée"). 

Blessed be Your name

Blessed Be Your Name

In the land that is plentiful

Where Your streams of abundance flow

Blessed be Your name

Blessed Be Your name

When I'm found in the desert place

Though I walk through the wilderness

Blessed Be Your name

Every blessing You pour out

I'll turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord

Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be Your name

When the sun's shining down on me

When the world's 'all as it should be'

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name

On the road marked with suffering

Though there's pain in the offering

Blessed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out

I'll turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord

Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

You give and take away

You give and take away

My heart will choose to say

Lord, blessed be Your name

I would be....

.... Brigitta in the Sound Of Music.

:)

When she walks in late at the beginning of the movie, she is late because she was reading!

Off to read!

Chillin'

I'm chillin'. 

I'm enjoying my NEW hat!

I'm enjoying my NEW skirt!

I'm enjoying my homebody cat.

I'm enjoying silence. 

And I am enjoying the beauty of God's world.

Wacky Wednesday: Kitty Nabbing!

Muhahahahahaha 

News travels quickly when a sneaky evil 2 year old tackles a cat thats half her weight. 

The evil 2 year old took down a cat today that was twice as big as her. The 15lb cat ran from the scene when she loosed her death grip. The child was saddened by the loss of the cat but the opposite side of the equation, the cat was relieved immensely. The reporters sped to the scene of the crime but found no one who would talk about the event.  

But who would guess the chain reaction among the village. Kitties were and are being snatched up right and left!

Many kitties are trying to run for safety, but the shopping carts nab them faster.

A warning to cats and their owners to keep their cats in safe places where kitty bandits won't find them. We would give you some recommendations, but unfortunately I can't due to the.....

Ansel the reporter has been taken, I repeat, Ansel the reporter has been taken.

#Ansel's News

Bittersweet Life

I just finished ballet stretching, when I decided to put up a blog post.

I checked my reading list of blogs, when there was a new post from Ann Voskamp. She is the author of "One Thousand Gifts".

At the end of her post, she placed this video.

I watched it, silently.

When I reached the end, I noticed we had an email from our Pastor.

Our old Pastor's wife has 5 kids and is dying of cancer.

"He and the children have been with her as much as they can, and have been able to talk and show love to her.  He is tired and exhausted, having just napped and eaten fast food for several days, and feels the children are resilient considering the circumstances.  She is on enough medication to help with pain, but not so much she is unable to acknowledge their presence when she is awake."

This is when I know without a doubt, that God is with us, Emmanuel. 

While she maybe dying, she has memories of her family to enjoy. 

And God is with them, and God is with us. 

This is GOD'S timing. 

Inauguration Prayer

God, 

Thank you for blessing us with a leader. He may not be the one we want or prefer, but he is the leader that you placed in D.C. for us. Be with him as he makes decisions concerning our Nation. And what ever happens in the next four years, remind us that it is part of a plan that you already have set. I thank you for blessing us with a President that has been in the White House before. Take care of our President, and our Vice President and everyone in the White House right down the to cleaning people. Take care of them as they do their duty in the next four years. I thank you for taking care of our Nation. Some may complain that he is horrible or not what You wanted, but if it wan't who You wanted, You wouldn't have put him in the place of Presidency. Help him to see right and wrong and help him to guide our country the way you want it to go. Thank you for our President. 

                                                Amen

Horrible Blogger

:~D 

I'm a horrible blogger. Oh well, life gets busy and I forget. :)

Things I am enjoying amongst the busyness:

My Dad's 365 photos. He has a great start so far.



I've been having problems with my ankles due to lack of stretching before dance, so I am enjoying our ice/heat pack.

My Grandma made this for us eon's ago. It is the best cold/heat pack ever!

My hair. My Mom straightened it. After straightening it, which was fun, I came to the conclusion I like curly hair! :) Especially with the hair products we got.

And I am enjoying my sisters, they are getting too big too fast.

How are you?

Today is....

.... National Dress Up your Pet day!

Dress up your pets! 

In which I make a sad face :( and ramble :)

Our point 'n' shoot camera has died.

Alas poor camera, I knew thee well.

It died the same death the other 2 cameras died: lens error.

No more home movies. :( 

Other than the camera dying the only other thing that would be interesting to blog about is my ankle braces.

I think I pulled a muscle in them when I did Irish Step on Tuesday, not major just sore.

I knew my black ballet shoes would come in handy someday! 

(Courtesy of Dad's camera last night! :~D)

Oh! And school started this week for us! I just need to locate my school planner to know what I'm doing. I don't have a dog to blame lost schoolwork on, so can I blame the cat?