Lisa Cleverton Gyrotonic

Happy 17th birthday darling Ollie 💝😘
Love you so so much 🌟

https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/events/metamorphoses/

We saw this on Tuesday in Bath
Awesome, loved it
If there are any tickets left go
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Metamorphoses The idea of metamorphosis harbours human dreams of magical transformation and divine intervention - yet ideal resolution is always hindered by human shortcomings and sobering reality.

This is a must read for any parent really but this article highlights the importance of a parents role in an athletes transition

As any dancer can tell you and to quote Martha Graham “ a dancer dies twice “

But to reincarnate yourself after your first career path ended is truly something every dancer has to go through and can be proud of 💝

Power to all you parents out there holding and supporting your children in whatever they are experiencing right now

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How to win at transition when your child feels they have lost everything – Working with Parents in Sport BlogsIdentityTaking the Knocks How to win at transition when your child feels they have lost everything written by Stephanie Burge 3rd January 2024 In May 2021, two days after celebrating her 22nd birthday with family and friends our daughter had returned to centralised GB training. The pre-Olympic....

“When I was growing up in Cuba, the system was that everybody could be anything without money being an issue. It means that as an individual you have more integrity, more powers of understanding and probably more compassion. That’s what the arts do.”

That’s how true talent and passion is developed, nurtured kept alive….. choice, realisation of what you are good at, developing self worth
It is frustrating that really money disarms our younger generations, education is so very linea in this country…..
and by the way when I say talent it’s not about accolade for the country and it’s not just about the arts. Self worth as a human being comes from finding something in life that allows you to feel like you are at home doing it. I was fortunate enough to discover that through the arts but doing what we enjoy brings joy

Mental health is being destroyed by too much driver through modern technology, children can be led but the greed from the top is destroying potential and happiness ……. But thats a whole other discussion right there …..

Carlos Acosta: ‘At 50, I have to dance in a way that I can still walk off, and not call an ambulance’ The Cuban star on returning to the Royal Opera House stage, commissioning a heavy metal ballet and diversity in the arts

Congratulations Nick you passed your masters MSc 👊👌🤩🤩👏👏👏 we love you so much blood sweat and tears 🥰💕💝

Keep going everyone 💝