Go on, snigger all you like
by RUPERT CHRISTIANSEN for the Daily Telegraph

I have long been an infatuated ballet fan. The way most men think about Arsenal or Chelsea, I think about the Royal Ballet - they're my team, and I follow their every move with drooling nerdishness.

Recently, I've become increasingly frustrated at my lack of technical knowledge, but the thought of having a bash at it myself hadn't crossed my mind since a dyspraxic schoolboy attempt at ballroom dancing culminated in disaster ...

published: October 24, 2005