Real-life ballet love story keeps growing in New Orleans
When Marjorie Hardwick Schramel asks her class to pay attention, for the most part the 8-year-old boys and girls do. Marjorie, who started dancing at age 5 and started formal training at 12, is well-versed in how a class should be run, keeping students' attention and adjusting dance positions, all with a firm sense of discipline and understanding.
One can't imagine famous ballet choreographer George Balanchine putting a Band-Aid on a dancer's knee, as Marjorie did during one class.
