I WAS 10 years old, the year was 1986, the place was Auckland and, according to
British Ballet Organisation examiner, a tough Miss P. Wilson, I displayed, “Excellent breadth of movement and placing” for my Grade 5 Operatic Ballet Educational Section. I did not remember singing – just ballet – but no fear, the result was Honours. The report also carried a promising appendage: “Excellent possibilities”. What did this mean? Could it be that I had the potential to be professional? But how could this be fulfilled in New Zealand or Australia? Here we come Royal Ballet School (RBS) audition
