I want to be the Black Sheep

The Nutcracker Ballet

As mentioned earlier this week, I was to take my mum to The Nutcracker Ballet as a surprise…and so we have just come home from this absolutely luscious visual experience.

Prior to 7 pm EST, I had never known the story of The Nutcracker and so it was with absolute pleasure that I sat through an entire two hours of complete discovery. It was the Grands Ballets Canadiens company who presented the ballet and for the duration of the production, I couldn’t help but find myself in complete envy of the set design. I want them to decorate my home, these same folks who imagined the set we saw this evening. I also want them to make it completely moveable, so that when the fancy suits me and I want to find myself in the Land of Snow I can clap my hands et voila, I’m there.

One quick note: my favorite character in this production was that of the Black Sheep. She did this really neat trick whereby she would hop up from the floor and land on her knees in the palms of a man’s hands (he was her ‘shepherd’). I want to do that trick.

I believe the following may be the psychotic notes to self such a learning experience would generate:

Note to self: Be graceful when landing on shepherd’s chest.

Note to self: Be careful when falling on shepherd for breaking two of his ribs is quite enough for this week.

Note to self: Stop hollering as you leap forward.

Note to self: Spandex blows.

Note to self: Why hasn’t Tamer Hagras rang me?

Note to self: Just. Stop.