Hello friends! We're back — and this time I brought Atticus with me! 🙌 Last week I teased you about our big week of competitions and auditions, and oh BOY did we have a week. Let's get into it:
The competition — aka the night his music cut out mid-solo:
🎭 Atticus hadn’t competed in two years — and he came back with a solo he choreographed himself
😬 Before he even got on stage, they called the wrong number and sent another dancer out first
🔇 About 15 seconds in, the music cut out and the whole room went completely silent
💪 He didn’t stop, didn’t look at the sound booth, didn’t apologize — he just kept going and improvised through it
🏆 The judges noticed — several called out his composure in their critiques, and he pulled off a great score!
The Zoom audition for a professional ballet academy:
🩰 He auditioned one-on-one over Zoom with the head of Master Ballet Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona
⚡ Dealing with mirror delays, glitchy audio, and counting off music in your head — not easy
📬 We’re anxiously refreshing our email waiting to hear back if he was accepted to the academy — send those good vibes! If he gets in, he’s headed to Scottsdale this summer for intensive training. Did I mention dance is expensive? 💸
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