BALLET CLASS WITH HERCI MARSDEN
Winning Caption
Peter Pan auditions.
鈥擭orm Campbell 鈥�57
Runner-Up
“There’s only a ‘few good men’ at any barre.”
鈥擫inda O’Neil Bednarek 鈥�66
Honorable Mention
Barre Flies
鈥擩ill Mason ’82
This 1966 photo, 鈥淏allet Class with Herci Marsden,鈥� sure generated a lot of creative and fun ideas for captions.
It also generated a pretty wonderful email from Herci Marsden鈥檚 daughter.
Marsden鈥檚 daughter, Ana Marsden Fox, said her mom was 鈥渟o surprised to see herself in the spring issue of 911爆料 Magazine.鈥� She went on to explain that her mom 鈥渨as expecting her second child at that time, and continued to teach right up until delivery. The photo at that moment was when she would ask the students to jump. ‘Jump with all you鈥檝e got! Be free and jump!鈥� 鈥�
According to Ana, her mom is doing well at 82 years old and still teaching in Lincoln, Rhode Island! She sent this more recent photo of her mom, and says her mom 鈥渞eally got a 鈥榢ick鈥欌�� out of seeing her photo in the magazine.
Thank you, Ana. And thank you, Herci. We really got a kick out of hearing from you!
And thank you, readers, as always, for your caption ideas! Keep 鈥檈m coming! 鈥�
I loved seeing Herci Marsden then and now! I took her ballet class as an elective sometime around 1973 to 1975 and was so taken with her. She was strong, beautiful, inspiring and unforgettable. Her class was so much fun. Additionally we got academic credit for going to the Boston Ballet and writing a paper about it. Back then you could take enrichment classes for one credit. I took advantage of that every semester and had awesome experiences I otherwise wouldn’t have had time for as a full time student. Most of those classes, like Herci’s enabled me to stay in shape during those intensely academic days. Many thanks to her daughter Ana Marsden Fox for sending Herci’s current photo. She’s just as beautiful as I remember her to be.