On Monday 26th March 2012 I, with some other Centre for Advanced Training and Vocational students, performed on one of the biggest dance stages in the world under the direction of the Pina Bausch Dance Company. We had spent all of the second week of the Easter holidays (2012) creating the piece with Felix Bürkle and Pascal Merighi. Together they structured and created the piece, along with the help from us! At first I was doubting whether it was worth a whole week of my time, but after the very first day I knew I had made the right choice. I was especially pleased with this piece because I got picked to have my own little bits away from everyone else on the stage. So not only were we performing on Sadler’s Wells stage, we had our own changing rooms which had the mirrors with the lights down the side, we got provided drinks and snacks, and we had announcements for the half and five minute calls for when we were to go down to the stage. It just made the whole thing more believable. It made me feel like a professional dancer. Felix and Pascal were amazing choreographers, but at the same time they would joke with you, would play games with you, talk to you, and if we had any other choreographer I don't think it would of been half as fun!
The performance went really well, I could not wait to get on the stage. I was a bit nervous, but not as much as I expected. As I took my first step I looked out the corner of my eye to see thousands of people watching us! It gave me my first taste of being a professional dancer, at the United Kingdom
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