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Christopher Hampson, formerly a dancer and choreographer with ENB, has been keeping a diary for us since November 97. Initially he covered the creation of his new ballet ‘Country Garden’ but since then there have been lots of other ballets, and he is now a freelance choreographer and ballet master for City Ballet of London...
Here is a link to the previous column in the series.
2nd June There are days I wish my phone wouldn't ring, and days when I would like to put all estate agents and solicitors in a tub of acid. Today, I'd help them lift one arm out of the tub so they can call me. I'm waiting to hear whether I can move into my new des res today or not. It's like sitting at the back of a studio and not being used by a choreographer . I've been there too, but it didn't cost me £88,000 for the privelege. I went to Monaco at the weekend to help Panasonic launch their new SD Card. Imagine the choreography of Austin Powers set on the moon and you're getting close to what Fido and myself produced. Imagine a crater full of Stella and some whingeing dancers, and you're even closer. The designs for the stage were so ingenious, that there was not one flat surface on which the dancers could shimmy with any confidence. A bit like Barrow-in-Furness, but it wasn't, it was Monte Carlo and I had a great time. Where the ***** is Camberly? I've been going there for the past month and I still none the wiser. I'm creating a ballet for Elmhurst school's end of year performance to the music of Malcolm Arnold (gorgeous stuff). The thoroughly good St Alfreda Thorogood (director of the school) has been good and thoroughly saint-like. She keeps me sane and has made me laugh when I've been wandering around wondering where I am. OK, I'll come clean. In between going to Monte Carlo, Lausanne, buying a flat and making a guest appearance at ENB, I've also set up a production company (Tiny Tim Productions Ltd) after talks with Raymond Gubbay and the Royal Festival Hall about creating A Christmas Carol (you can guess when it's on). All very hectic and lots of paperwork and budgets involving amounts of money I don't even know how to spell. I better introduce you to Muppet (a.k.a. Ian Comer) who is co-directing this venture. He knows how to spell figures (thank God) and is a dab hand with the RFH technical stuff. Not much to report without lifting too many lids, but suffice it to say that the set's being built and I'm going to see it today. That'll give me something to do while I wait for the estate agent and solicitor to phone. And if they don't do it today, they can think again about EVER being in one of MY ballets!!!
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