Four generations of dance lovers—and counting - Readers' Forum

Dance Magazine, Oct, 2002 by Virginia B. Clark

I love Dance Magazine. I am a fourth-generation ballet lover, and my 5-week-old granddaughter will be the fifth generation!

My grandmother was taken to see Nijinsky dance in Europe in 1910. Her father would cross Europe to see him dance. He would pull my grandmother out of her convent boarding school, which was fashionable in those days, and off they'd go. One of her earliest memories is seeing the royalty throwing their jewels--cuffs, necklaces, tiaras, rings--onstage in appreciation and applause. Imagine what an impression that made on a little girl in a velvet dress!

Now, almost 100 years later, my husband and I attend ABT, NYCB, Pennsylvania Ballet, and Brandywine Ballet whenever we can. Furthermore, my daughter and her husband are already devoted followers of the Joffrey in Chicago.

Thank you for all your great work, and congratulations.

Virginia B. Clark
Villanova, Pennsylvania