Nearly there
First things first, my two most beloved and loyal companions are professionals in waiting. Ruan Crighton has accepted a job offer at Slovakia National Ballet and Daniel Reuben Smith is off on a world tour doing Edward Scissorhands with New Adventures. Needless to say I have been the butt of endless 'do you have a job yet Tom' jokes but through gritted teeth i have to hand it to them, nice one lads. Anyway onto the latest Ballet Central news, the most exciting being that we open in 10 days. As always we are rehearsing madly but the common feeling i think is of excitement rather than exhaustion. Knowing that our first performance is so close has given everyone a bit of a lift and we are all buzzing to get up there and get going.
We are, at this very moment going through a full run in studio two. Having just finished my pas de deux i whisked myself away to make sure I get in (Company manager) Emma Lairds's good books and write my web log before the others. I, personally, am in relatively high spirits. The show seems to be coming together quite nicely (particularly now that we have finally finished Sara Matthews new work) and it was my 19th birthday a few days ago so i have a load of new clothes from sister and girlfriend and a new phone from mum and dad, what more could a boy want (3 guesses at the smart comment Ruan and Dan just made from the other side of the room). David Nixon was in rehearsing his piece this morning and he seemed very pleased with the work everyone had done, although not so pleased when Rym bashed him on the nose doing an arabesque.
Also I have just realised that I have yet to inform you all of our repertoire from New Adventures. We will be performing 'Signets' from Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake which has got all of the guys very excited and all of the girls very jealous (always a bonus). However the sad news is that Mark Baldwin is unable to create his new work on us due to time restrictions and has therefore been replaced by 'Futility' a Sara Matthew choreography originally made for Rambert dance company. More sad news is that one of our valuable company members Otis sprained his ankle yesterday but more good news is that it was the 29th of February yesterday and I am not engaged.
Thats going to have to be it for now, no doubt i have missed tons of stuff out which Rym and Branda can fill you in on.
Speak soon Tom
p.s. Happy Mothers day for tomorrow Mum!
Posted by Tom Conlan at March 1, 2008 05:19 PM
