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Balletmom:
My daughter just finished her last performance in the regional ballet company's Nutcracker production. As a Party Girl she walks down the aisles of the theatre in the opening, they carry lanterns and act as if they walking to the party at Clara's home.

So she said, "Today as I was walking, this woman kept waving wildly at me. I couldn't wave back because we are supposed to pretend the audience isn't there. Then the woman said, "That girl in pink is SO RUDE!" So I just turned and looked straight at her and smiled."

She said the woman had a taken aback expression on her face.

My daughter said, "What did she think, it was some kind of one-way door between her and the dancers?"

 ;D

Suze:

--- Quote from: Balletmom on December 10, 2006, 08:16:33 PM ---
My daughter said, "What did she think, it was some kind of one-way door between her and the dancers?"

 ;D

--- End quote ---

Balletmom your daughter is wise beyond her years!!  I predict that she will go far with whatever she choses to do with her life.  At least she seems to have the wit to deal with whatever comes her way.   ;)

suze

Yarnspinner:
Unbelievable!  ::)   And good on your daughter!  She has class and sense and knows how a true performer is supposed to go about her business.  Clearly the lady in the audience doesn't understand the concept of the fourth-but-invisible-wall.  Are people THAT dumb these days?

Clara Bow:
What in the world was she waving about?? It's the height of rudeness to try to disrupt an actor (or dancer or performer of any kind) during a show. I think your daughter's reponse was spot on the money.

Balletmom:
Apparently, she thought it was like a Disney parade or something, she could wave at the dancers and they of course would give her a special wave back. Or something.

Thank you for the nice words about my daughter. She does surprise me with her ability to handle things like this at times.

On another note, one of the other dancer moms said that on the night she was watching the performance, the couple behind her had a young baby. The baby cried and fussed throughout Act I and into Act II before the father finally walked out with the child. But they kept leaning forward to poke her on the shoulder and say, "Sorry!" Guess they thought that made it all better.
Oh, and there is a large flat screen tv in the lobby...for late arrivals and fussy children--you can still see some of the performance. Not perfect, but better than disrupting the audience all around you.

However, another couple with young children was just wonderful. They had a toddler girl and a preschooler boy. They came out during intermission. The little boy was dressed in a cute little suit and the little girl was all dressed up, too. The parents told the ballet volunteers in the lobby, "This was wonderful! We were so thrilled to be able to watch almost all of Act I. As they get older, they can make it through more of the show. But it was so wonderful to just see what we did tonight."

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