With Love...

Happy Valentine's Day, after a very long day of rehearsals!!!

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Manon with Vogel.....

There are some ballets that you can't tire of dancing and Kenneth Macmillan's 'Manon' is one of them.  The music, the ambiance all tie together to create a ballet that is quite frankly a sheer joy to perform. For me there is no better feeling than dancing a ballet that you love.

Though sadly we only have three performances this season, for two of them we are lucky to be joined by Friedemann Vogel of the Stuttgart Ballet,  whom will take the lead role of Des Grieux.  

Yesterday we had our stage rehearsal and tonight we will have our first performance....  As we only have a few performances, I'll just have to make the most of each one and savour the inspiration of sharing the stage with such a talented dancer as Vogel.

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The Marathon...

The Nutcracker.....(in a ballerina's life) is an annual affair. It's a fact you can't deny, that come late October/November the rehearsals will start to creep into your work schedule.  The Nutcracker 'marathon' is lurking around the corner and you can feel each dancer brace themselves for the long haul.

Now,don't get me wrong, the ballet certainly isn't doom and gloom, as of course when we start rehearsals, I immediately get the Christmas feeling running through my bones....... and how could I ever associate that with a dark cloud?!

Last week 'Christmas' finally finished in the theatre (on, yes, the 3rd of February!) I don't wish to think how many miles I ran around the stage or care to imagine how many paper snowflakes I swallowed as I did so! We performed to packed houses each night and I hope scattered some magic to each child that came to watch....

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