November 2010 Entries
Last Tuesday, things looked very different at Scottish Ballet HQ as dancers and staff took part in Slippers for Slippers day and wore slippers to work instead of shoes!
Scottish Ballet staff show off their footwear
Artistic Director Ashley Page leads rehearsals
Great slipper action from Scottish Ballet's Junior Associates...
...and the Mid Associates. Comfier than pointe shoes!
Slippers for Slippers day was held to raise awareness of Scottish Ballet raising money towards the Cinderella Shoe Appeal through The Big Arts Give this December - click here to learn more and find out how you can donate.
If you’d really like to get into the spirit,...
With only three weeks until opening night, the countdown to Cinderella has well and truly begun (tick, tock, tick, tock...), and on Friday, we headed into the centre of Glasgow to spread a little Cinders magic.
In the morning, we took our beautiful Fairy Godmother (aka Laura Joffre) to a sparkling Princes Square for a photocall to launch our Fairy Godmother competition. The photos appeared in the Scotsman and the Evening Times over the weekend, but here are a couple of behind the scenes snaps.
Princes Square's twinkly new tree Our Fairy Godmother strikes a pose
Then as it began to get dark, Cinderella made her...
Scottish Ballet has just launched Company, a brand new membership scheme for people in their 20s and 30s who want to access fantastic ticket discounts and restaurant deals.
The launch event on Thursday 11 November was a great success- we had delicious canapés from Cookie, beer from BrewDog and amazing cocktails from anCnoc.
Everyone seemed to have fun…
DJ Richard Lannoy from cult music label nonclassical mixed up beats and the Cinderella score to spectacular effect.
We gave out prizes including a Russell and Bromley voucher, Inverarity Wines with illustrated Timourous Beasties labels and the gorgeous Scottish Ballet: 40 Years book. As...