Chapter 10 dream ballet

My mother's dream was to become a prima ballerina.She started ballet at a very young age and continued even during the war.As soon as the war was over, my mother returned to London to continue her studies with Mary Lambert, who at that time was one of the most famous ballet teachers in the world.One day, her mother approached Marie and asked her if she had a chance of becoming a leading actress if she continued to train to enhance her skills.Mary replied very earnestly that her mother was one of her best students, but her mother had missed the most important age for practicing ballet. No matter how hard she worked in training, the established movements would basically not change.Besides, the mother was too tall for all the male ballerinas of the time.The male ballet dancers of that era were relatively short, and when they were partnered with their mothers, they did not have the strength to complete the most basic lifting movements.Therefore, Mary suggested that it might be better for the mother to choose to be the second actress.At the same time, she also invited her mother to work as a part-time teacher in her ballet school, and she would live better with an extra income.

"But what about my dream?" The young Audrey couldn't help screaming after being so hit.The war was too cruel for this hopeful girl, and the prolonged hunger affected her muscle development.Compared with girls who could maintain a normal life during the war while continuing to maintain normal ballet training, the mother was indeed not competitive. It can be said that the war shattered the dream of the mother. My mother later told me that she would never forget that day, going back to the dorm with no motivation for the future and just wanting to lie in bed and die. "The dreams that had kept her alive during times of war and hunger were suddenly gone."

My mother didn't visit other ballet teachers. It was her character that when she decided someone was trustworthy, she followed that person's advice.She followed the teachings of Mary Lambert and learned a lot from there. Her mother said that she liked Mary very much and they were lifelong friends, but no matter what, the dream was gone, and mother's life must go on.If not being a ballet dancer, if not being the best dancer, then she's trying to be the best in other areas, that's the nature of the mother.My mother needed to find a job and settle down to support herself, so she did some modeling work, she did some gigs, and from then on, my mother went into acting.