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Press, 29 January 1986, Page 19

“I would like to go overseas eventually, perhaps to Australia and to Europe. There are so many good companies in Europe.” For now it is enough to be dancing full-time with the national company and to "be learning a lot from the people there.” In the midst of her own good fortune, the dancer’s thoughts are also with the

. other full-time Southern dancers, some of whom have left the company and others who will have to get jobs if they are to continue dancing for love. “It is really a shame. The Southern Ballet is just

not recognised for what it does.”

She acknowledges that the Southern company may not provide as rounded a training programme as the School of Dance, with fewer classes in character or modern dance, concentrating instead on rehearsal and performance. But it does provide a valuable stepping stone for dancers and, perhaps more importantly, ballet for the people of Christ-: church and the South Island. “We do have our audience out there. It will be sad if Southern loses them.”