Here's my preview from The Independent of the new ballet
Raven Girl, created by Wayne McGregor in collaboration with writer and artist Audrey Niffenegger. (Hover about for more, too.)
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.
