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 didnt even question any of It Bearing in mind we didnt go to the theatre, we didnt 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 theyd taken me so far, and it was time to hand me on they introduced me to my teacher in sydney, hilary kaplan
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
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Hello, this is breakfast on Christmas Day with naga munchetty. Heres a summary of todays main stories from bbc news. The queen will lead members of the royal family at their traditional Festive Service in sandringham this morning. Yesterday the duke of edinburgh re joined his family at the norfolk estate after leaving hospital in london. Its not yet known if Prince Andrew, who recently stepped back from royal duties, will attend todays event. The Foreign Office says its helping a british woman, after three members of the same family drowned in the Swimming Pool of a Holiday Resort in spain. Its thought a nine Year Old Girl got into difficulties in the water, and her 16 year old brother and their father died after trying to help her. Bethlehem has experienced its best Christmas Period for tourists in 20 years, as thousands of people gathered there last night. The town is honoured by christians and pilgrims as the birthplace ofjesus christ. The festivities centred on the church of the na