Love in B Minor by Elodie Nowodazkij

Author:Elodie Nowodazkij [Nowodazkij, Elodie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elodie Nowodazkij
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 26 – JEN

As soon as I enter the studio, Alisha rushes to me. “I saw the news online. About you know…and you know who. Are you okay?” She looks worried.

“I’m fine. I don’t think it’s true and even if it was, we’re just friends.”

“Yeah okay.”

“Stop probing or I’m going to talk to you about a certain Steve who’s been asking about you.”

“He has?” She has the dreamiest look on her face mixed with so much fear.

“He has.”

Erin—the dancer who also tried out for the auditions—enters with her head down. When she sees us, a ghost of a smile appears on her face and she walks to us. “How did you guys do yesterday?”

“Hmm-hmmm.” That’s the best reply I can come up with. Clearly, I’m going to be amazing in interviews if Grégoire decides I need to do any.

“I was a bit distracted, but I did pretty well,” Alisha answers. “How about you?”

“I panicked, but like you said, I gathered everything I had and still danced, but the choreography I prepared was too short and it didn’t fit the mood of the music. It is such a sad melody.”

“True,” I reply—keeping the rest of the story inside because it’s not my story to tell.

More dancers trickle into the room. Many are talking about the article in Le Monde about the dance company. It made a big splash on social media, apparently, and some seem to be anxious about their jobs. “If we don’t sell out at the next show, we can forget it. This company has so much debt. They should have been upfront before offering us a position.”

John—one of the choreographers—enters and goes straight to business like he usually does. He’s not as mean as Igor, but he does push us to our limits. “Let’s go. Enough of this chitchatting. I have you with me for three hours and you’re going to work for three hours. Not talk. Do you hear me?”

Everybody quiets down. “Let’s get started.”

After three hours, I’m out of breath, my feet are bleeding and my entire body is shaking. John seems pretty pleased with our performance. “I’ll let Igor know that you did well today.”

It’s like throwing us a bone—we’re all so eager to please Igor, even though that’s Mission Impossible. It’s sad in a way how much power ballet directors and choreographers have over us. If they decide we’re not good enough, or we didn’t do something properly, we don’t get a good part, we can get fired, we can be burned on the entire circuit.

I lean toward Alisha. “I need to go to talk to Igor.”

“I’m so excited for you.” And I believe her.

I drink water, throw on my pants and drag my feet to Igor’s office. Audrey smiles at me when I enter the imposing room full of old paintings and pictures of him dancing. “He’s waiting for you.”

“What?”

“He said if someone gets that audition, he’s sure it’s going to be Jennifer Harrison.”

I don’t think I could be more surprised if I tried.

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