Happy Halloween

Although it's tonight that the witches, ghouls and what not appear......  Halloween arrived early at our house and we hosted our party on Sunday evening...... With Zombies, devils, witches and vampires wandering around our house it may have been in honour of Halloween but it was also a good 'excuse' to throw a party, relax and enjoy some free time with friends, away from our frantic workload.

So a very Spooky, Happy Halloween to all!

Love

Charlie

xxx

Already??!!

Friday we awoke to a little surprise.......snow!!!  Although it wasn't entirely unexpected (we do live in the north!) it did feel a tad to early for such a blanket of the white stuff!!!  So after a mad panic of rummaging through the suitcases full of our winter wear, off we trudged to work wrapped up in our hats, scarves and gloves!

On Thursday we had performed 'Swan Lake' and then Saturday we danced 'Manon' (definitely a favourite ballet of mine!)  I love the costumes and the choreography is fun (always a plus!)

You can read the Synopsis of 'Manon' here.

As life seems to be on high speed at present, it's hard to post to my blog daily :(  (big sad face)

So, thank goodness for Instagram where it takes two seconds to add my daily photos!

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Love

Charlie

xxx

A moment to relax...

Today we had our final performance of 'Coppelia' for the 2012/13 season,  knowing it was our last, I relaxed a little and just enjoyed to perform it, which resulted in it being probably one of my best shows!!! Maybe I should relax a little more in all my performances!!!

Our evening finished with a surprise birthday party for a fellow colleague, spending quality time with everyone outside of the theatre is always fun :)

Finally our day off tomorrow, a chance to recharge our batteries, as rehearsals of our upcoming ballet 'Cinderella' move onto the stage as of Tuesday!

Sweet Dreams

Charlie

xxx

Manon...

Tonight we danced our first 'Manon' of the season.

A ballet by Kenneth Macmillan set in three acts (photos are taken of act III).

Follow the history and synopsis HERE

I love this ballet and feel honoured to be involved in one of Macmillan's finest works.... 

'a repertory classic'.

I'm looking forward to the Manon's to come!

Love

Charlie

xxx

Instaweek...

My Instagram week :)

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Love Charlie

xxx

just your average joe.....

Where does the time go????  It only feels two minutes ago that I was enjoying the summer and now all of a sudden autumn is here........  I don't want the time to fly, I want to enjoy moments more.... relish in happy spots and not watch it flash before my eyes.......

That is how it feels at the moment, as we jump from one ballet to another, you start to loose yourself as you (the 'normal' average joe).   Skipping from one fairy tale to another (quite literally), all it takes is one insignificant walk to work when the sun is caught in a beautiful line through the trees and you decide to stop and just enjoy something so simple but yet..... breath taking.

.....and then back to earth with a bump and on to stage for 'Coppelia'!

Love Charlie

xxx

On Stage...

Working with ballet companies differs so much.  One thing I love about working here is the rotation of performances, we are usually rehearsing four different pieces in the week and will perform two to three different ballets varying between Thursday evening through to Sunday.  For me it keeps the choreography fresh and you don't feel bored dancing the same ballet night after night!

Last night we danced Thomas Edur's ' Modigliani and tomorrow we will perform 'Coppelia'!

We are very busy rehearsing 'Cinderella' at the moment, which will premiere in November.  I love the choreography and going by my costume fitting yesterday, the costumes are going to be amazing..... hot pink...... very me!!!!!

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Love Charlie

xxx

Instaweek...

In theory it seems to simple to sit at my computer and post on my blog!! For some reason (i.e work!) this last week it just hasn't happened and I'm sorry to say that the world of CharlieHearts has solely lived through Instagram...

Here's my Instagram week!!!

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Love Charlie