Ballet West Artist Allison DeBona asked me to post this for you.  We hope you enjoy!

Five minutes may not be a long time, but it seems long enough for our Ballet West men to get in a few chess plays during our breaks every hour.  I thought this pic would be cute to post because it epitomizes our guy’s breaks…eating and chess.  Sorry guys, it’s true!! What is best about it is the fact that our little men are in training to fit right in with the company, not only in the studio, but leisure time too!  I caught Hayden and William, who are both playing Sorrow in our upcoming production of Stanton Welch’s Madame Butterfly, eating chips and playing chess with Nate, David and Stephen during one of our breaks from rehearsal.  How cute are these two little guys!!!!

David Kim, Stephen King and Nathaniel King play Chess as the little William and Hayden watch.   Photo by Allison DeBona

-Allison and Mark