Alhambra

Our 18 year old grandson (Ben) has been taking ballet lessons for about 12 years now. He dearly loves this activity and has gotten quite good at it, as well as all his other studies in Baton Rouge High School. He has straight A's all through high school, and is now on academic as well as ballet scholarship at Indiana University to continue his studies.

Once while observing him practicing his dance steps, I asked to teach me just one of those intricate movements. He agreed and then he instructed me to hold on to the back of a chair and extend one leg straight back, with a slight kick, and then return it. THAT WAS IT!

He had a name for this movement and I think it was "ALHAMBRA", but I am not sure.

I now have been practicing this one movement for years. I am still waiting for the New York Ballet Company to call me on stage to perform.