A show that can keep a theatre of young children spellbound for 75 minutes must be a magical performance. That is exactly what the Royal New Zealand Ballet's Meridian Season of Angelina Ballerina's Big Audition delivered at Baycourt yesterday. The performance danced into the hearts of a welcoming young Tauranga
Magical show makes kids dance
By Annemarie Quill
Bay of Plenty Times·
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Dancer Jenny Nixon delighted the audience as Angelina, and Emma Findlay was also a standout as Alice Nimbletoes, perfectly conveying the mixture of sadness and happiness when her friend got a better gig. Tarrah Burns was fantastically versatile as both Miss Lily and Miss Mini, and Edward Fallon as Henry provided lots of laughs.
In the interval, a group of budding young ballerinas even got up on the stage and started dancing. As we filed out of the theatre, little girls and boys were humming and pirouetting, having absorbed the magic of this knock-out show that really does make you want to get up and dance.