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Thursday 31st

Barbora Kohoutkova general class

Barbora Kohoutkova general class.

This morning Barbora Kohoutkova and Kevin Richmond gave the general classes. Last night Daria and I managed to have dinner on our own for the first time in several months. We went to our local Pizza restaurant just around the corner from where we live and had a very nice meal. The owners wife went to school with Daria so they are always very friendly and welcoming and we get free drinks. After class today Kevin had to get back to his hotel to collect his cases and then off to the airport to return to Basel. It is Swiss day tomorrow apparently, with lots of tax money going up in fireworks. Lovely.

Our local pizza place

Our local pizza place.

From the window in my office I can see the teachers appartments in the roof, so I can shout at Christopher Hampson and see if he wants to go for a coffee.  After said coffee it was time for solo work for the boys and girls followed by pas de deux and rep or contemp. Christopher has a crowd from the Martinu institiute coming in this afternoon to observe him setting his Sinfonietta Giocosa on the dancers. Very interesting. It is Martinu’s 50th anniversary of his death this year.

Daria Klimentova and Tamas Solymosi demonstrating

Daria Klimentova and Tamas Solymosi demonstrating

Daria and Tamas Solymosi are taking the pas de deux this week, Tamas is such a big presence and it is fantastic to see him work so patiently with them all. He is now also the Deputy Director of the Hungarian State School as well as still guesting around the world, and he puts in a lot of time with them all. 30 minutes after pas de deux shouls have finished, (after 2 hours already) he and Daria
Tamas Solymosi showing how it should be done

Tamas Solymosi showing how it should be done

 were still there working with the ones who wanted to go on. That is always lovely to see.

 After they finally got away Tamas had to dash off for a shower and then straigth back into the upper studio for his interview with the dancers. He started without me, that’s a first. We also showed quite a lot of him on film which was very impressive. Then we decided to wander off for a quick beer before I set of home at about 9pm.
View from my office window

View from my office window

Our dancers trying it out

Our dancers trying it out

Kevin Richmond general class

Kevin Richmond general class

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2 Responses to “Thursday 31st”

  1. Julie Says:
    July 31st, 2008 at 11:48 pm

    Goodness Ian you are great how quickly you get all this together. Really enjoy seeing all the pics and hearing the news.
    Thank you again
    Julie

  2. Sandy Says:
    August 1st, 2008 at 2:37 am

    Thank you so much i’s great to see the work there! Can we have some more pictures o video?
    Again,thanks a lot!!

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