Another from the incomparable Jackie Barratt, when she was ballet mistress at ENB.
She was rehearsing two principals in Cranko’s Taming of the Shrew, which involves a lot of complex and heavy-duty lifts. In one of them, Kate adopts a position rather like a figurehead on a ship.
“Careful with your shoulders there” said Jackie, “otherwise it looks a bit oven-ready”.
