Baldwin

One summer she noticed a chipmunk hanging around the cabin. They were always a problem, getting into the bedding and food over the winter, so that we put everything into mothballs, and steel garbage cans. She ordered Tyll to buy some peanuts. She began to feed the chipmunk. This little chipmunk was special to her, and one day she told us his name was Baldwin.

Adirondack Broom Dance

So much sand in the Adirondacks: we brought sand into the cabin at every moment. Sweep the rooms, sweep the studio, the deck, the dining hall. Eventually the dancers composed the Adirondack Broom Dance, with Brooms, and dancing together swept the deck, practiced steps, listened to music, and expressed themselves in true AvO style.

Eagle Bay Boating

Fourth Lake opens out before me like a dream come true, the mountains rise, first the blacker-green, then the bluer ones, then the greyer ones in the distance. Off to the center right of the lake is Cedar Island, and the tiny Dollar Island sits in front of us. The beach seems long and endless to us kids, and the trees as tall as giants in a line behind us. There are a few very small camps right on the big beach, and they are not very fancy. The time I recall, when we talked about a “camp” we meant a cabin, unfinished inside, 2 by4’s showing, plyboards up, often with gaps so you could see between the spaces. Sometimes the roof leaked, OFTEN the roof leaked. The cabin was heated by a fireplace, or not. Some camps just had cots for beds, and some used only bedrolls.

First Years at Camp

The first time Mom went to Moss Lake Camp for Girls to teach Ballet she refused to leave us in Cincinnati. She would not go for the summer and have Tyll and me wait elsewhere. We were a package deal. We came with a sitter (I believe that was the first year Mrs. Van Holle, Suzanne Farrell’s Aunt was our sitter), and we stayed at the nurse’s cabin on camp grounds.

Costumes Designs for Spring Production

 We take great pride in the artistic quality of our annual spring productions.  Our costume standards are the result of a near impossible list of “musts do’s”… The standards by which our design choices are made.

Our costumes must:

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Beatrix Potter Ballet Brings Magical World to Life

Kinderballet’s new production promises to include a fastideous mouse with some buggy neighbors, two opportunistic rodents, a cheeky squirrel, and a few beloved bunnies!

2010 Spring Recital

 It’s that time of year!  As much as dance is for the dancer and no one else, every dancer enjoys the chance for center stage and an audience’s encouragement.  This year we are presenting “Tales of Beatrix Potter.”

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Dress

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March Kinderballet Rehearsals

Special Note:  Please keep Mrs. B and her family in your prayers.  Her father-in-law is very ill.  She may need to travel to be with him due to his illness.  Please be patient with us if rehearsals need to be adjusted… Read the rest

We’re FLOORED!

With many thanks to many people our new studio marley floor is now installed!  We wish to extend a special thank you to the Cheviot Westwood Kiwanis for their generous grant for $750.00 towards our flooring.

 

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