I mention it only because meetings are new to me. In my previous life as a dancer the closest I got to a meeting was an annual Equity meeting within the Company. The Gala is coming together nicely and the names involved are staggering. One of the biggest problems is keeping to two hours. Once everybody involved has decided that they'd all like to do the whole of the Act Two Pas de Deux, the running time creeps up to about three weeks.
Diplomacy is everything.
I am assisting him on the production and along with Jonathan Still at the piano we spent a very intense week creating the majority of the ballet. There are 47 plus in this ballet and just to complicate matters there is also a TV presenter to be rehearsed. Blue Peter are making a half-hour program about the creation of this children's ballet and their presenter, Matt, is to play the role of a Weasel at the Sadler's Wells Theatre. The B.P. crew is great fun and Matt's previous training as a gymnast has made him a very easy novice to work with. The program goes out some time in November.