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Mon 10 Oct 2008The tough work of becoming a swan
As its 10th anniversary tour approaches, Ballet Ireland has established the highest standards, though it is dancing on a shoestring, according to its co-founders
STRANGE BUSINESS, classical ballet. Go to a performance and what do you see? Effortless pirouettes and pliés, bodies sailing through the air - it's all poise and gravity-defying grace. Sit in on a rehearsal, however, and it's more like fur and feathers flying. As Ballet Ireland prepares for its 10th anniversary tour of Swan Lake, the physical and mental energy expended in the studio at Dublin's DanceHouse would be enough to lift a rocket, never mind a ballerina, into orbit.
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