Ballet

We were watching Russian Swan Lake ballet on dvd.
Gwen: The prince is strange.
Me: ??
Gwen: He has no pants and a big butt. So is he the real prince?
Me: Yes, it is a ballet, so that is why he is dressed that way, so it will be easier to dance.
Gwen: But the princess has a beautiful dress, so she doesn't need special clothes to dance. Is that because she is a swan, and he is just human?

Nutcracker

Gwenchik will be going to the Nutcracker production this upcoming weekend. And she is soooooo excited, as her parents go once in a while to ballet productions and always bring her pictures and tell stories. If I can, we listen to music from these: Carmen is her favorite.

So we agreed, that because it will be all just dance, we should discuss the story ahead of time. So I tried to describe the Wooden Prince, the Mouse King, and the Plum Fairy. And Gwenchik listens intently and as soon as I finish wants to hear the story again.

So after the yet another retelling of the story I ask if she understands what happens.
And her conclusions are:
** "Even the bad prince needs love, but it is not nice to hit the Mouse King with the shoe, as he was a prince once"
** "It can't be scary if everyone will be dancing"
** "After the sweets finish dancing, will the girl and the Wooden Prince eat all the Sugar Fairies?"

I guess there is some undeniable logic to these....