Managed to get in on the metro without getting lost. This is Pushkinskaya Station, where the theatre is.
I went to watch the dancers rehearsing, this is Teresina, our heroine with Frank Anderson, the choreographer.
Then loads of fittings.
The underwater people, naiads and so forth are supposed to look as if they are dressed in seaweed and water crystals. This is really hard to do, as the combination of apparent fragility and hardwearing toughness is quite a challenge. We are not there yet...
The humans look much better, very pretty, or full of character, according to what's wanted. The Russian makers are very skilled indeed once they get going, luckily I do quite clear drawings, have an interpreter at all times, and am getting almost as good as the dancers at expressive mime!
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What a wonderful world of artful make-believe and escapism you are moving in. That circular ceiling light in the theatre is most impressive! Those 'underwater' costumes must be a challenge but not one you can't deal with, knowing you. Today I 'escaped' by going to my advanced yoga class and went to a fabric shop which was so unimaginatively stocked that it made me think of Rainbow Textiles in Southall (you introduced me to) with great longing. Love Trudy.
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