we were one week away from premiering a new creation by akram khan. we sent everybody home.to share classes online, from my kitchen, to just keep the dancers working and training. and then what was surprising is, because we did so freely, we had four million views of those classes, and then we started to share our archive performances. and that also reached one million views. but, for english national ballet, our business model is one that is very much based on performing. only a third of our income comes from public subsidy, and the other two thirds is its own income from performing, from partnerships, corporate. it needs action. it needs performing to exist. so how close to going bust are you at the english national ballet? well, we took all the measures that were possible throughout the year and, without a doubt, the £3 million we got from the rescue package of the government and the furlough scheme and job retention schemes were a life—saver — for us and for most of the sector. and so, for now, we are ok until the spring. but, of course, we all know that this situation h