demelza, and the man in charge, director kevin o'hare.dancers, which is incredible. va nessa dancers, which is incredible. vanessa and her mum before it really knew how to engage with the young dancers and give them a sense of purpose maybe, taking it seriously and professionally, because there's hundreds of these schools around the country but i don't think many of them have this track record. and to celebrate that, kevin 0'hare has brought some of those former stu d e nts brought some of those former students together to rehearse for the hull gala show. demelza parish will be dancing a new peers, peace choreographed by andrew mcnicol. will be dancing a new peers, peace choreographed by andrew mcnicoli never thought i'd be performing back in hull because at the role ballet we don't really do regional tours so it's not somewhere i ever thought i would be going back to perform. —— royal ballet. it's a once—in—a—lifetime event really —— royal ballet. its gala night and inside alexander parish is among the dancers getting ready to perform. t

demelza parish will be dancing a new piece. would be performing back in hull because we don't do regional tours with the royal ballet so i did not think i would ever be coming back to perform and it feels like a once—in—a—lifetime kind of really. it is gala night, and inside xander parish is among the dancers getting ready to perform. this theatre has a special place for me because it is where i did my first performance in the pickwick papers at a street urchin. with harry secombe? yeah, i was a young kid, i was eight or nine, eight i think. that was what got me hooked on performing. whenever i say i am from hull i get a similar reaction because there are so many people from hull that are dancers and the real for the names and i don't understand how so many amazing dancers have come from hull, it is quite incredible. theatre seats were sold out and 5000 others watched on big screens in a nearby park. after the show the dancers boarded a bus and got ready to surprise them by appearing in person for the curtain call. the theatre

demelza parish will be dancing a new piece.ith the royal ballet so i did not think i would ever be coming back to perform and it feels like a once—in—a—lifetime kind of really. once—in—a—lifetime kind of event, really. it is gala night and inside xander parish is among the dancers getting ready to perform. this theatre has a special place for me because it is where i did my first performance in the pickwick papers as a street urchin. yes, i was a young kid, i was eight or nine, eight i think. that was what got me hooked on performing. whenever i say i am from hull i get a similar reaction because there are so many people from hull and i don't understand how so many amazing dancers have come from hull, it is quite incredible. theatre seats were sold out and 5000 others watched on big screens in a nearby park. after the show the dancers boarded a bus and got ready to surprise them by appearing in person for the curtain call. the theatre looked amazing and the dancers were incredible and then to see so many people out here was rea