But i obviously grew up watching him pursue a passion. My sister did a lot of gymnastics, a bit of dancing, and as a sevenyearold, i asked my father if i could have a go. I wanted to go to a dance lesson, and my mother and father didn t even question any of it bearing in mind we didn t go to the theatre, we didn t go to galleries, or. . . I was not exposed to the arts. But they found a local school around the corner, and we now can fully appreciate that little local school had some of the best teachers you could ever come across. And you had this very rapid rise through your teens. You performed at the opening ceremony of the sydney olympics, and then you started to win international ballet competitions. The first teachers i had unleashed this tiger within me. So, then it was when i was about 13 or 14, which again shows you just how incredible my first teachers were, that they felt they d taken me so far, and it was time to hand me on they introduced me to my teacher in sydney, hilar
Steven mcrae, welcome to hardtalk. We re here at the royal ballet and opera in london, which has been your professional home for many years now, and you re about to go back on stage as the mad hatter in alice s adventures in wonderland. Tell me first how this adventure began for you, the world of ballet. Because you grew up far away from here. Yes. So i grew up in the outskirts of sydney, australia. Probably the furthest you could possibly get from the royal opera house here in london. I grew up in a motorsport family. My father was a drag racer. My father was an incredibly clever man who would create any parts with his own bare hands that he couldn t afford to purchase or to import. But i obviously grew up watching him pursue a passion. My sister did a lot of gymnastics, a bit of dancing, and as a seven year old, i asked my father if i could have a go. I wanted to go to a dance lesson, and my mother and father didn t even question any of it. Bearing in mind we didn t go to the theatre
you re very welcome along to the programme. so, after six weeks of action, we now know who will be in the final of the cricket world cup. australia will meet the hosts, india. but it wasn t a straightforward semifinal. they were up against south africa, who initially struggled, losing four early wickets before recovering to push australia right to the end. however, the five time champions used all their experience to battle through and take a nervy three wicket win, asjoe wilson now reports. what s in those south african expressions? pride of course, but nerves? well, first over of the match, their captain temba bavuma out. south africa chose to bat first they like to bat first. quinton de kock that s only going for pat cummins. australia caught everything. the kolkata conditions suited their bowlers. south africa for a while could barely score. when rassie van der dussen fell, it was 2a 4. heinrich klaasen resisted until this dismissed by the part time spin of travis h
but it wasn t a straight forward semifinal. they were up against south africa who initially struggled, losing four early wickets, before recovering to push australia right to the end. however the five time champions used all their experience to battle through and take a nervy three wicket win, asjoe wilson reports. what s in those south african expressions? pride, of course, but nerves. well. first over of the match, their captain temba bavuma out south africa, chose to bat first they like to bat first. quinton de kock. that s only going for pat cummins. australia caught everything. the kolkata conditions suited their bowlers. south africa for a while could barely score. when rassie van der dussen fell, it was 2a for four. heinrich klaasen resisted until this dismissed by the part time spin of travis head. through it all, david miller kept strong, kept swinging. his 101 gave his team something. a total of 212 to defend. south africa s opportunity, well, they dropped travis he
in the final of the cricket world cup. australia will meet the hosts, india. but it wasn t a straightforward semifinal. they were up against south africa, who initially struggled, losing four early wickets before recovering to push australia right to the end. however, the five time champions used all their experience to battle through and take a nervy three wicket win, asjoe wilson now reports. what s in those south african expressions? pride of course, but nerves? well, first over of the match, their captain temba bavuma out. south africa chose to bat first they like to bat first. quinton de kock that s only going for pat cummins. australia caught everything. the kolkata conditions suited their bowlers. south africa for a while could barely score. when rassie van der dussen fell, it was 2a 4. heinrich klaasen resisted until this dismissed by the part time spin of travis head. through it all, david miller kept strong, kept swinging. his 101 gave his team something a t