Dawn and I are back to the Kennedy Center for the ballet, week two of three weeks in a row. You’ll remember how we both really didn’t like last week’s National Ballet of Canada doing Swan Lake.

This week is a program of up and comers from all sorts of places. Protégés: The International Ballet Academy Festival. The kids are from the schools at The Royal Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, New National Theatre Tokyo, Paris Opera Ballet,Royal Danish Ballet, Kirov Ballet.

They’re incredible. It’s funny to be able to tell the difference between them and professional adult dancers, but they’re amazing and young and way better than I could ever hope to be.