Amazing ballet performance

last night we attended a performance of The Nutcracker at Greenhoe Theater on the campus of Landmark College in Putney (formerly Windham College). it was my first time at a Brattleboro School of Dance performance (I am ashamed to admit this), and I was amazed that a small town like Brattleboro could mount a production that a city of 200,000 would be proud of. The sets, the costumes, the choreography, the skill of the dancers, were all outstanding. It was also a community event involving scores of dancers from age 4 to 80+. Four or five of the dancers had a connection with the Guilford Church, especially Mariam Diallo, who in September received the Shirley Harris Crockett Award - in part because of her involvement in dance. She is the reason I finally got to a BSD performance! Thank you, Mariam! She appeared in four scenes - she was a cadet in a scene with the Nutcracker, she was in the Chinese scene, the Waltz of the Flowers, and the Finale. I sat next to Mary Alice Amidon, whose grandson, Desmond, who is 6 years old, was in several scenes with other children. It was all delightful!

Greenhoe Theater before the show (The theater is named for Joe Greenhoe, Eliza Greenhoe Bergh's father. He was head of the theater department at Windham College back in the 1960s-70's).

The opening scene of The Nutcracker.

Mariam Diallo in the Chinese scene

Miriam in Waltz of the Flowers

Send in the Clowns!

Finale