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, 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, h
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
Judge Jeanine Jr. , harold Ford Jr. , Jesse Watters, and greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in new York City, and this is the five. Well, apparently, greg, it was a showdown for the ages. Donald trump met Kamala Harris, squaring off for their first debate, the night starting out with a handshake that quickly darted a makers. She doesnt have a plan, she copied Bidens Plan and it is like for sentences, like run Spot Run P or g is going to my philosophy. I was going to send her a maga hat. In the course of his rallies he talks about fictional characters like hannibal lector. He will talk about windmills cause cancer. And what you will also notice is people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustiOn And boredom. Im talking now. If you dont mind. Please. Does that sound familiar . Donald trump was fired by 81 Million people. What yOu Think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator, who would eat you for lunch. Quiet, please. She is going to do all of these wonderful things. Why hasnt s
Judge Jeanine Jr. , harold Ford Jr. , jesse watters, and greg gutfeld. Its 5 00 in new York City, and this is the five. Well, apparently, greg, it was a showdown for the ages. Donald trump met Kamala Harris, squaring off for their first debate, the night starting out with a handshake that quickly darted a makers. She doesnt have a plan, she copied Bidens Plan and it is like for sentences, like run Spot Run P or g is going to my philosophy. I was going to send her a maga hat. In the course of his rallies he talks about fictional characters like hannibal lector. He will talk about windmills cause cancer. And what you will also notice is people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustiOn And boredom. Im talking now. If you dont mind. Please. Does that sound familiar . Donald trump was fired by 81 Million people. What you think is a friendship with what is known to be a dictator, who would eat you for lunch. Quiet, please. She is going to do all of these wonderful things. Why hasnt s
Mississippi in the 18th century. Enjoy book tv this week and every weekend on cspan2. My name is karen greenberg. Thank you so much for joining us here at the center on National Security at fordham law. Were delighted to be bringing you this afternoons conversation. With me today is chris whipple, Award Winning author, journalist, documentary maker. His new book is the spy masters. Can you see it . How the cia director shaped history and the future. And well talk a lot about this book today. First, i just want to say, thank you, chris, thank you for joining us. A pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me. This is actually a wonderful read. When i started it, i was sort of like, oh, no, this is going to be too much information, i wont be able to take it in. Its fantastic. Its based on, in addition to your own knowledge and research, its based on over 70 interviews and youve interviewed, among those, the leading directors of the cia. Living directors of the cia. Except for the current on