at 18, you joined the english national ballet and came to london, the first time in london, i presume raining, you know? a lot of rain and the sun disappeared, you know, but amazing city. london, it is a different scale. already turin and lausanne to me was impressive, and now london. and no word of english, and it was very hard to try to find my own self within a city, where am i here? "how will i get by?" even tiny things like a bank. the bank? i did not know what that was. then i realised that the money was transferred into a bank, and there was such a thing as a bank card that you put in with your code. to me, that was alien. so, yeah, a lot to adapt and learn, but it was great. i remember in the royal festival hall, meeting diana. she came because i was the principal dancer at 18 already, i was the youngest at the english national ballet, and she came to see me in the nutcracker. and somebody knocked at the door and there she was. it was quite embarrassing. i remember it was a highlight for me. did you talk about dance with her? yeah, a bit. she was very respectful, those eyes, s

at 18 you joined the english national ballet and came to london, the first time in london i presume?viously. it was raining, you know? a lot of rain and the sun disappeared, you know but i was in the city. london. it is a different scale. already turin to me was impressive and now we were in england, and it was very hard to try to find my own self within a city, where am i here? how will i get by? even tiny things like a bank. the bank. i did not know what that was. then i realised that the money was transferred to a bank and there was such a thing as a bank card that you put in with your code. to me that was alien. so there was a lot to adapt and learn but it was great. i remember in the royal festival hall, meeting diana. i was the principal dancer at 18 already, i was the youngest and she came to see me in the nutcracker. and i did not know who she was. it was quite embarrassing. i remember it was a highlight for me. did you talk about dance with her? she was very respectful, she was beautiful. we spoke a little bit about dance, a little bit about cuba and it was very brief. she s