An Afternoon of Dance

H's 1st grade class, along with the 4th graders, have been working with the Hubbard Street Dance Company since the beginning of the school year on a project. Tuesday was their big performance -- an interpretation of "Where the Wild Things Are." I couldn't make it, but Brian was there, which just made H so proud. H had a great time, and received a number of compliments since this program started. As I was dropping H off to school one day, one of his dance teachers told me who she was, then said what a great student H was and that it was very fun to watch him because he comes up with some really interesting moves. Then last night, our neighbor who also has a 1st grader, said she was watching the show and noticed a little boy shake his groove thing -- and was shocked and impressed when she realized it was H.

Being that H IS a 1st grader who's reply to "how was your day?" is typically just "fine," we didn't know much about the program. But it sounds really cool. They worked in groups of four students -- two 1st graders, and two 4th graders. Together they came up with their own monster (the top image is H's group). They also kept journals and had a field trip to Hubbard Street Dance. I think H was very lucky to be part of this.