January 2010 Entries
Scottish Ballet dancer Layla Harrison gives us a look behind the scenes on The Nutcracker tour.
There is darning thread everywhere! The Christmas season has arrived at Scottish Ballet and the dancers are preparing themselves. With five and a half weeks to get the production ready and nine extra dancers on board, the rehearsal days are long but productive. The scenes aretaught quickly with Amanda Eyles, Maria Jimenez, Nicolas Blanc and Hope Muir (our Ballet staff) working flat out, and the whole company and crew are hard at work all day, every day. As with most full length, story ballets,...