Audrey Niffenegger, author of the bestselling The Time-Traveler's Wife, has never felt that she was cut out for ballet. "I'm five foot nine, I'm not the most athletic person by any stretch of the imagination and I've always had a poor sense of balance," she remarks. "Watching someone go up on pointe, it's like, 'How does she do it?'. I didn't even learn to ride a bike until I was nine – I kept falling over. I felt like another species!" ...Read the whole thing here: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/how-to-follow-the-time-travellers-wife--a-ballet-8626051.html
And a video from rehearsals...
Opens tomorrow night at the ROH.
