Depending on how old you were, you may or may not remember your first time on stage. But if you were born in the last 40 years, there’s a good chance that it was recorded.
Being in front of an audience is hard – even for us adults – but when we’re talking 2-year-olds, it’s a whole other story.
One particularly adorable dance recital is exactly what you might expect when putting toddlers on stage – but with a twist.
From the very beginning, you can tell one Little Miss missed the memo on putting on her best smile.
Since the teacher is out on stage taking them through their moves it’s clear this was never going to be Fred Astaire-level fun for anyone.
However, there ARE fancy costumes – most kids can be convinced to get on stage in exchange for wearing some tulle for a little while.
Unfortunately, our tiny dancer’s unwillingness to participate is already distracting the girl next to her.
A 1:8 teacher to toddler ratio is clearly not sufficient to keep things from going off the rails.
It appears as though the world-class pout we see is the result of someone off-stage encouraging her not to make a break for it. She’s not pleased.
Then again, we’ve seen WAY bigger meltdowns. This toddler just knows that no one can make her dance and smile unless she wants to.
Maybe she hates the music (it’s the kind of kid’s song that makes you want to have a stiff drink, after all) or the elementary moves (how is this even dancing?). Either way, this is NOT the debut she intended to make. UNTIL…
Now we get it. The moment she spots someone she knows (the one who seems to be holding the camera), her face lights up and she waves.
It all makes sense. At 2, we’re not exactly performing for the love of the art yet. A familiar face can make all that stage fright go away.
But as she wanders towards what is presumably a relative, she’s quickly yanked from the stage.
Holding hands with someone obscured by the curtain, it now becomes clear that our little star knows ALL the choreography and is happy to perform it. In fact, she seems to know it better than most of the other kids on stage.
While we applaud the noble teacher or parent off-stage who tried to contain her, they made one critical error – they let her go. Now she’s riled up and free.
Now the REAL show begins. And like a tiny drunken little elf, she attempts some twirls and jumps.
It’s entirely unclear what the rest of the class is doing at this point since she’s clearly gone off-script.
And like Godzilla or the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man about to crush a whole city, she bounds towards her tiny counterparts, ready to upstage them (or destroy a city – it’s unclear).
Now we really feel bad for the little girl next to her. Before she was just distracted, but now she’s probably wondering why SHE’S not getting to make up her own choreography! So. Unfair.
It’s really a video that has to be seen in full to appreciate each and every ridiculous moment.
Be sure to scroll down below to see the entire hilarious performance.
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