Nutcracker mania!

I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light.
Movement never lies.
It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.
There is a great deal of outer space,
distant from our daily lives,
where I feel our imagination wanders sometimes.
It will find a planet or it will not find a planet,
and that is what a dancer does.
~Martha Graham (1894-1991)

This weekend, is our "Nutcracker" weekend.

And we are doubly blessed this year, because we have not one, but two little ballerinas dancing in our community's local production.

After watching them rehearse these past few weeks, I think that I have finally begun to understand the magic of movement and light in a new, and dare I say "inspired" way.

Over and over again....with every jeté and plié, these young dancers have teased the outer space of my own imagination into a new awareness of the worlds both within, and around me.

It is not yet opening night, and already I see how each ballerina has become a dancing, spinning, heavenly body in this universe of magic and light!

I find it puzzling that I experience the tedium of rehearsal in this way; because the funny thing is....

I don't particularly enjoy ballet!