i actually when i was about 13, i applied to the royal ballet school in london and i didn't get in, which

i actually when i was about 13, i applied to the royal ballet school in london and i didn't get in, which was just as well, because i'd have been way in the back stage of the corps de ballet, kind of ideally out of the set. but i've wanted to meet you for so long... oh, wow. ..so that's great. so, when you come onto a stage, misty... ..having not danced since 2019... mm—hm. ..how are we feeling? how's your body doing? erm... ..i mean, it's like different air up here. yeah. you know, like i say... rarified. yeah, it's... ..like this very sacred space to be in. it's magic, you know, what we get to do up here? one of my favourite things to do is to be on the stage before the...you know, ..they let the house, they open the house, they let the audience in, i always am on the stage by myself. it's a different, very different feeling than being in a studio. the mirrors, you know, it's a completely different depth that you have to get used to. it changes your centre of gravity, your balance, everything. yeah. so it's something that i always do just to kind of be out here and just breathe the air.