That was amazing. But her last 'great partner' nomination she has danced with but once - Jose Careno . He is now with ABT but was with the Royal Ballet when I was with Birmingham so we never had the chance before or after. But everything was perfect for me. She would perhaps like to guest more, but Royal Ballet commitments don't always allow it, even though Covent Garden is closed and there are less performances.
Some days are like that.
Push, push, push could be Miyako's motto and I recall a talk by Peter Wright when he said that nobody tried harder or was more committed to getting it absolutely right. It is obvious that things are not easy while Covent Garden is closed and while we, the audience, may feel hard done by and complain about the stage etc it's the dancers who have to make it work, while trying to grow professionally themselves. On a positive note the company revelled in all the new facilities they saw when they recently visited Madrid, so hopefully the pain will be worth it. As a principal ballerina she has now seen all the roles and certainly danced the ones she wanted to. Juliet and Giselle remain her firm favourites as those who have seen her dance them will appreciate.