Tonight there is a programme about two Russian twins trying to form a ballet company , The Pavlov Ballet (no, I haven't left out the last 'a') in the West of England. Bruce Marriott on ballet.co claims that one of them, Ella, learned ballet by correspondence course and is going to be performing Giselle. Alicia Markova move over or what?<P>Here's the link to a fragment about the programme on the BBC website, which is worth a visit as it enables you to listen to BBC programmes anywhere in the world and is one of the most visited sites on the entire web.<P><A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/whatson/proginfo/20000915/20000915_2320_b2en_3498340_30.shtml" TARGET=_blank>BBC link</A>

The Pavlov Ballet, by the way, are now the Swansea ballet Russes, and the founder artistic directors have both left (been pushed?). I don't know *what* they thought they were doing to Adolphe Adam's music!

Dancer, did you see the programme? i was still on my way back from a performance (watching not dancing he added hurriedly).

Yes, I saw it.<P>It was rather amusing; the two sisters were *very* tempremental!<p>[This message has been edited by Dancer (edited September 17, 2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>did you see the programme?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Stuart, ah jes' LUV the way you British speak our language!<BR>