In the Presence of Angels

Spring seems to have danced right on by. 

I've found myself at the end of June and halfway through my summer classes. 

I have loved being a college student again after all of these years.

 It has certainly kept me occupied.

 Most of my time is spent reading and writing papers.

 Thankfully, those are two of my favorite pursuits.

 Another thing I enjoy immensely is the ballet,

 especially when my granddaughter is performing.

Last weekend Gabby danced in Ballet Under the Stars. 

This was Peoria Ballet's first time to offer this free production

at the Glen Oak Park. 

It was spectacular.

 The first photo shows her dancing a number from the ballet Giselle. 

The evening was quite warm, 

which caused Gabby's cheeks to take on the same beautiful rosy pink as her tutu.

At one point, I caught Gabby in midair.

 She looks as though she's in flight in this photo. 

That's one of my favorite things about dance.

 I love the way the body moves and sets the spirit within free. 

The expression that is sometimes caught

on a dancer's face in a single moment can

move an audience to great depths of feeling. 

I love it when I see them working the stage with all of their passion. 

The art of dance is really in a world all its own. 

It brings the inner beauty of the dancer's soul 

out for us mere mortals to experience.

At the end of it all, we glide softly back to earth. 

Though particles of the celestial cling to us as we go.

 For no one is ever truly the same after an hour or so 

spent in the presence of angels.

"Dance is another way of putting things. 

If it could be said in words, it would be;

 but outside of words,

outside of painting, outside of sculpture, 

inside the body is an interior landscape 

which is revealed in movement."

Martha Graham

(1894-1991)

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