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One of the toughest aspects of a dancer’s career has to be the audition process. In the space of a few minutes, the dream of performing for a top dance company can be granted or dashed. Hundreds of professional dancers and graduating students apply for a position at English National Ballet every year.

Mouse-handlers November

November 2007
They say that teachers are always picking up colds and bugs from working closely with children. Well, try working with big mice. I mean dancers! Bugs, colds, flu, sore throats and a multitude of nasty things seem to filter through the Company. I’m now on my second bad cold. On our day off I spend most of it in bed. The shows at Dunstable are fantastic, what a nice, nice theatre. Big thanks go to all the crew.

Mouse-handlers October

October 2007

Venues are flying by now. Since we took the show to Sunderland andhad our first taste of putting it up on our own, we are now settlinginto a routine and all the crew are comfortable doing their own dutiesautomatically. It’s great to see the guys working the get-in andget-out, we all seem to know what needs to be done and when to do it.

Mouse-handlers September

September 2007

The last thing you need on the first week of a tour is tube strikeresulting in a 2 - 3 hour journey every day to get into work, everyonesuffers. Long days just get longer! Thankfully, the get-in and fit-upof the show goes smoothly, we have great support from Dave and Andy(ENB crew) and Al Riches is on hand to show us all how the show goestogether.

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