Back into dance/Nutcracker?!

This past week was my first week of ballet since my ballet shcool's summer session. It was great to get back and I have already seen a very big improvemnet from I first stepped foot into Ballet IV on the first day of the summer session until my first class this past week. I am getting much stronger at barre, my confidence is raising every class, my pointe work is getting better, my entralaces during grande allegro, and my turns and my arms are improving, just to name a very few things. Right now we are at the time where ballet schools all across the country are announcing casting for the infamous ballet that creates one of the most magical holiday traditions, the Nutcracker Ballet.

I have only been dancing ballet for four years and the first 3 years of my ballet training were at a local dance studio, not a pre-professionall ballet school therefore I never had the opportunities to participate in Nutcracker or any other ballet. Last year I transferred to my current ballet school during November which is when our school performs Nutcracker, so it was far too late for me to perform in the ballet, but this year I really hope to get a part. I am very thin and have long legs which was oen of the first things my ballet tecaher noticed about me and I have been en pointe for nearly four months already, I ahve great balance, I am dedicated to all of my classes and have exceptional attendance, I NEVER talk during class, I always pay attention and am willing to work very hard during Nutcarcker as I always do during dance. My teacher (who is also the artistic director of the school) has seen me improve loads in only a matter of a few months and she has seen me go from weak tto very strong for pointe shoes in only 3.5 months which takes many dancers years. I know if she chose me to be in Nutcracker she would not be dissapointed. Tonight my mom will e-mail my teacher asking her if there are auditions and how you knwo if you will be in Nutcarcker. I already know the answer to the first question, but I want my mom to hint to her so that my tecaher can ethier tell us I will not be in it or I am lucky enough to be in it. I really want to know. I'll let you know if I get cast. Please wish me luck!!