Emily Haigh Where I went! For my Work experience I did stage management with the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. The Royal Opera House is in Covent.

Emily Haigh

Where I went!

• For my Work experience I did stage management with the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House.

• The Royal Opera House is in Covent Garden in London.

• Each day I had to get the bus and the tube to and from work.

When I started and finished!• Monday – 10.00 till 5.00• Tuesday – 11.30 till 5.00• Wednesday – 9.45 till 3.30• Thursday – 10.00 till 5.00• Friday – 10.00 till 6.30

• When I was working I had many 20 minute breaks and I had an hour for my lunch.

What I Did!

• When I was there the main production was Mayerling and throughout the week I had to prepare for rehearsals.

• For example I had to collect all the props and make sure that they were in the right places for the dancers when they were performing.

Mayerling • This true story of the mysterious murder-suicide of Crown

Prince Rudolf, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his teenage mistress was somewhat in vogue when Kenneth MacMillan created this ballet in the 1970s.

• MacMillan was attracted by its themes of lust and brutality and set his choreography to Liszt’s brooding music full of nervous undercurrents.

• His take on the handsome prince is stark: Rudolf’s unhappy marriage, dysfunctional family, drug and sex addictions and sadistic fetish for guns play out against a backdrop of social duty and formal manners. Rudolf, our anti-hero, must conform or die.

• Here is a short clip from the play:• http://www.roh.org.uk/video/index.html?bcpid=1733261711

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Other things I did!

• I sat in with other rehearsals for many different ballets choreographed by different directors.

• I took a tour around the ROH, and visited all the different departments of the theatre.

• I had to take things to the dancers dressing rooms.

A Highlight of my trip!

• One of the main highlights of my trip was when I was on the tour of the building and I was given a pair of ballet shoes of one of the dancers called Yuhui Choe and then got them signed by all the dancers.

My Relationship with others!

• The main people I worked with were Johanna, Lynne and Lucy and we all got on very well. They were very friendly and easy to get on with.

• I also worked with many other people e.g. the dancers, directors, people in the office and others in different departments, I got on well with everyone because everyone was very friendly.

Why I chose it and was it a success?

• I decided to do my work experience with the Royal Ballet because I’ve always loved dancing and I thought it would be an interesting experience.

• I’m glad I chose to do my work experience with the Royal Ballet because I really enjoyed it and had a great time down in London.

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