Monday 28th
Today was the day of my last airport run thank goodness. i am very bored with airports however nice Prague airport is. Barbora Kohoutkova arrived in good time at 11am and went straight into a meeting with Daria Klimentova to discuss which solo to teach today, and then Jonathan Still got the music together and off they went to the girls solo class. Easy when you know how. In the meantime Tamas Solymosi, this big man of a dancer, put the boys through their paces in the upper studio with Corsair.
Natasa Novotna setting up her MAC into the sound system.
Natasa Novotna of NDT arrived at 2pm and we made sure her MAC connected to the sound system. Charles Mudry from last week had left a sorry I missed you note for Natasa, he used to teach her. Fantastic class she gives. I then shot off to the airport to meet a dancer from Kyrgistan who had had trouble getting a visa, and had had to make an extra 3000k round trip to another country to get to a Czech Embassy for one. The things they go through to get here. She is very relieved to have made it, even a day late. Then it was back to the studios and our interview with Christopher Hampson and we showed some film of his new Cinderella (Ugly Sisters ballroom dance) and a pas de deux especially commisioned by two principal dancers from Atlanta Ballet where he premiered his Sinfonietta Giocosa. Finally home for about 9pm and walking pass our uncles house I see Sabina swinging through the trees on a wire rigged up for the purpose. So I joined in of course.