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| Pointe Dancer at the Beach |
Officially back from my vacation, I attended my dance classes yesterday. It was so great to see everyone again!
After ballet and pointe, it was time for Cecchetti. While vacationing, Emma called to let me know that we would be having Mock Cecchetti Exams during the Friday Cecchetti classes. Miss Mimi, Emma’s worship teacher, kindly agreed to be our examiner (as she is Cecchetti trained). She was very sweet during the whole of the examinations and gave us helpful advice.
To go into more detail, we took the Grade 1 mock exam (along with Grade 2) just as the real exams will be taken (in a week!), minus the part where Emma sprawled out on the floor and burst into laughter while Caroline and I jumped and clapped our hands in excitement. We entered the studio when called and lined up in number order— I am number two. From there, the exams flowed pretty smoothly. Miss Mimi was impressed with my vocabulary skills— there was only one word that I really had to think about before answering. My answer was not wrong, but it also wasn’t worded correctly. That said, I know just how to answer the vocab question now. Our main problem was turn-out. Miss Sara, sitting in the corner, was itching to correct us on this particular part of the exams, but couldn’t speak. Apparently, we did a little bit better during Grade 2– phew!
Overall, I believe the mock exams went pretty well. It is the tiny details in each combination that need to be perfected. Miss Mimi is not the type to tell us precisely how she would have graded us, but assured us that we did not fail. Yes, I do have a goal (“I will not get less than a…”) to be revealed at a later date.