Cordelia Pentland — In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe

A dancer from Vancouver’s Arts Umbrella Dance Company

Photographs — Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

I cannot dance upon my Toes -Emily Dickinson

I cannot dance upon my Toes —

No Man instructed me —

But oftentimes, among my mind,

A Glee possesseth me,

That had I Ballet knowledge —

Would put itself abroad

In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe —

Or lay a Prima, mad,

And though I had no Gown of Gauze —

No Ringlet, to my Hair,

Nor hopped to Audiences — like Birds,

One Claw upon the Air,

Nor tossed my shape in Eider Balls,

Nor rolled on wheels of snow

Till I was out of sight, in sound,

The House encore me so —

Nor any know I know the Art

I mention — easy — Here —

Nor any Placard boast me —

More Emily Dickinson

Link to: Cordelia Pentland — In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe

Originally published at blog.alexwaterhousehayward.com.