"Stage Door" is a new service to keep ballet goers in touch with their favourite artists and artists in touch with their fans during these miserable times.
Every Sunday afternoon during lockdown (and possibly longer if theatres remain dark) I shall interview one of my favourite artists over Zoom. After the interview members of the audience will be invited to put questions to the guest through the chat function.
I shall start with Gavin McCaig of Northern Ballet. I featured Gavin in Terpsichore shortly after he had joined the company (see Meet Gavin McCaig of Northern Ballet 3 Sep 2014). That interview is still one of my most popular articles. Next week I have lined up Maria Chugai of the Dutch National Ballet, the best Myrtha I have ever seen in 60 years of ballet going. For the week after that the world-famous accompanist David Plumpton whose DVDs power ballet classes everywhere.
As this is an experimental service and I am still on a learning curve I do not have the brass neck to charge anything just now. But the arts and education need help during this time. I am therefore inviting everyone who enjoys these talks to contribute to a charity or good cause of the guest's choice. Gavin has nominated the Academy of Northern Ballet. As I study ballet there I think that is a great choice. I have not been able to find an online donations page for the Academy but you can call them on 0113 220 8000, by email academy@northernballet.com.
If you want to hear Gavin on Sunday you must register here. When I get a little more experience with webinars I may livestream these events over YouTube or Facebook but baby steps for now. My thanks to Gavin for being our first guest,
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