After a bit of a tumultuous start to sixth grade at our new hybrid school, our family decided to do full-time homeschool for the rest of the year. As a part of this, we signed Emma up for a few extra classes: one engineering, one art, and one acro/silks. Of all the extra classes Emma took, her acro plus silks class was her favorite by far. She loved going for an hour and a half every week and being able to stretch, flip, twist, and drop! As a parent and family who continues to be cautious about getting Covid, what I loved was that the owner was supportive of us continuing to mask indoors, amazingly encouraging to the kids as they built their skill set, and that their end-of-year performance was outdoors!
If ever there was a moment when a previous photographer's work influenced me, this was one of those moments (thanks, Jenn Bowers)! As Emma was getting ready for her performance, my Momma heart kicked in strong, and I wanted to hold onto to this first moment of my girl stepping into performance mode. I grabbed my camera to take a few quick shots, and then it was off to the Fluid Motion Dance Academy studio, where her performance would be!
Watching her work on her skills has been a real treat. Jason installed a silk on our garage to allow her to practice as much of her routine as possible at home, but watching her perform on a high rig was so cool. And writing this blog has helped me learn the official names of all the fancy things she does! She started out with the Seatbelt Series, doing the Rebecca Split and followed by a Split Roll.
