http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/ en-us 2007-12-01T14:19:57+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000483.html Still Standing Rothbart`s face. Photo © Daniel Jones Just a few more days to go and I will have survived English National Ballet`s Autumn tour of the Snow Queen and Swan Lake. Unfortunately the tour has taken it`s toll on... diary Daniel 2007-12-01T14:19:57+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000471.html October 11th 2007 Thursday October 11th was not just any Thursday, it was the opening night of Michael Corder’s The Snow Queen, a production that English National Ballet had been working on for many months. Within four days of the... Daniel 2007-10-31T19:03:37+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000451.html The Snow Queen English National Ballet is now just days away from the premiere of Michael Corder's The Snow Queen. We have completed well over three hundred hours of rehearsals and the choreography is finally complete. The next giant step... diary Daniel 2007-09-30T16:14:31+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000447.html Diana and her Dancers Concert for Diana was indeed a unique event. I was lucky enough to have a great seat in the new Wembley Stadium and see the company that I have been with for most of my life... Daniel 2007-08-30T11:10:43+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000438.html Swan Lake on a Lake My Ballet I.D. Photo © Daniel Jones English National Ballet's final performances of the 2006/07 season were three open air displays of Swan Lake, on a Lake. The backdrop for this unique ballet event was... diary Daniel 2007-07-30T12:11:02+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000403.html Men on Pointe Recently I was talking to somebody who I didn’t know very well about the world and everything. Somehow, the topic of ballet came up and for the trillionth time I heard the question – “Is it painful... diary Daniel 2007-04-28T10:55:59+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000386.html Alice and the Crab A long, long time ago, in a place far, far away, I used to go on holiday to a town called Prestatyn in Wales. It was in Prestatyn that I managed to catch crabs. Oh what... diary Daniel 2007-02-21T10:01:13+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000384.html Ignore... Daniel Jones 2007-02-19T07:46:46+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000343.html Terminal Another international tour means another flight, and so I headed to the appropriate terminal. Terminal. Wouldn’t it have been better to call them something slightly more encouraging? Actually, I nearly didn’t even make it to Barcelona at all, due... diary Daniel 2006-10-15T21:13:54+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000328.html Chopper Dreams When I was growing up in Cross Heath, Newcastle-under-Lyme, riding around on my chopper bike (pretending it was a BMX) in the early 80’s, I would often dream that one day I would travel further away than the... diary Daniel 2006-08-28T20:48:32+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000191.html Christmas Already? I can’t believe it’s Christmas already. I always have a sick feeling in my stomach when I see Christmas cards and wrapping paper appearing in the shops in August, but now I wish I’d bought everything then. At... diary Daniel 2004-12-24T00:14:38+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000181.html Ballet Blast was the name of a ballet course that I set up in Staffordshire this Summer. It was a four day event that was open to children and adults who wanted to learn and enjoy some of the many... diary Daniel 2004-10-09T21:13:59+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000159.html "When will I be thirty?" is no longer a question in my mind. It is no longer a ballet fear that I have looming in the back of my head. I am thirty years old and I am a ballet... diary Daniel 2004-07-30T14:35:09+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000098.html When the Hammersmith Apollo season came to an end it was time for a holiday. Without having a wink of sleep Fernanda Oliveira and I packed our suitcases and headed for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Fernanda’s home town.... diary Daniel 2004-03-29T12:12:30+00:00 http://www.ballet.co.uk/weblogs/jones/archives/000064.html Is it unusual for a man to say as he leaves his workplace, “See you later, I’m off to ballet.”? That’s what these men were saying, and to me they seemed quite happy. ‘Men in Tights’ was without a doubt,... diary Daniel 2004-01-12T02:38:03+00:00