Performance 5- Our Final Touring Stop

It was finally feeling like spring here in Ann Arbor and suddenly the temperature dropped about 20 degrees as FTC boarded the bus on their way to Dickens Elementary. FTC arrived as some of the children were eating lunch. There was a mutual feeling of amusement as we watched the young and adorable children eat, and they watched us talked amongst ourselves. Our first show occurred at 1:00 pm. The kids sat on the floor as we performed on a tiny stage in the MPR. Throughout the first pice, Maddy and Nola's Dances for the Kitchen, the children could not stop laughing. Every time a lift would occur among the female dancers, the children would burst out laughing. The laughter continued on through almost all of the performance. The children thoroughly enjoyed the performance, and the dancers could not be more excited that these young children were so enthusiastic about modern dance and our art form. Our second performance occurred at 2:40 pm. The kids that attended this performance enjoyed it a lot as well. After the performance, a young boy and his mother approached our one male member, Jeffrey Noble. The boy and the mother asked Jeffrey about his experience with dance and if he had any advice for this young dancer. The kids were so cute and so responsive to our dancing that we all left feeling accomplished!