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July 12, 2004
Sarah's June Diary
Hello to everyone! I hope all is well and that you are enjoying the gorgeous weather - I certainly am! I have been mega busy over the past month- touring mostly…
From 10th – 16th May, we were in Scotland. It was exciting for me because I had never been to Scotland before and during the week we had a chance to explore Glasgow which was great (even had time to go swimming). We performed at the Volunteer Hall in Galashiels and the King’s Theatre in Glasgow. Glasgow was fantastic - the theatre was nice and big, plus we got to do a workshop with lots of kids which was fun.
On the 22nd, we were in Bracknell - this was nice because it was an opportunity for the whole company to perform together.
Then came the long awaited venue - the Linbury Studio Theatre at The Royal Opera House- WOW, what a day that was!! As it was my home venue, all my family and friends came. I felt proud to dance the role of the ‘Tennis Girl’ in A Simple Man again and I also danced in ‘Scottish Dances’ from Flowers of the Forest which opened the second half of the performance. The applause was almost deafening and I’m sure it was my Dad that was the culprit of all the whistling! What are Dad’s like?! I thoroughly enjoyed dancing for everyone that night - it was truly a memorable evening…
On the 2nd night I danced Scottish again plus the debut of a new work by Carina Hendrikx, who is also a member of Ballet Central. She choreographed her piece especially for the student choreography section of the evening. It was called ‘Not in our Hands’ and the music was specially composed by Philip Feeney. I felt privileged to have been cast in such a great piece! I really enjoyed dancing it and it would be great if there could be a possibility to do it again sometime, maybe…
Touring is great fun and such valuable experience - I love it…. But there are times when I’m not cast to go on tour, and so that means I have to stay at school. During these times, we usually do class and rehearsals for the different Ballet Central pieces or practise our Graduation solos. I have chosen Kitri’s Variation from Don Quixote (Act 3). It’s a feisty piece full of dynamic and is perfect because it’s a challenge for me to work on certain aspects of my classical technique… I can’t wait to perform it! We only have 5 weeks left till graduation at the Bloomsbury Theatre. It’s going to be a sad occasion, so I’m making the most of the time left.
Reflecting on that, I have 6 weeks till I move up to Leeds to start working with Northern Ballet Theatre. I am really looking forward to this – in fact, I can’t wait!
I am scheduled to go on tour to Cheltenham and Frome next! But it’s bye for now until next time….
Take Care
Sarah
6/6/04
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