there is xander parish. in english national ballet there is jozsef caley. parish.tional ballet there isjozsef caley. andrew mcnicol is a co—ordinator. and at the royal ballet company, there is elisabeth harrod and xander parish's sister. and the man in charge, director kevin 0'hare. sister. and the man in charge, director kevin o'hare. each generation has had their hull dancers. it is incredible. vanessa and her mother before her really knew how to engage with young dancers and give them a sense of hope is, perhaps. they took it seriously. —— purpose. many companies exist around the country but not all of them have this kind of record. to celebrate that, kevin 0'hare has brought his former stu d e nts 0'hare has brought his former students together. i never thought i would be performing here. they don't do regional tours. it is not somewhere i thought i would go back to perform. it is a once in a lifetime event, really. it is gala night. inside, xander parish is among the dancers getting ready to perform. it has a special place for me. i had my first form and here.

joseph caley, xander parish, demelza parish and elizabeth harrod. they made a triumphant homecoming, performing in a special one—off gala in the city where they took their very first ballet steps. this is where you took your first ballet lesson? yes, i was eight years old. xander parish now lives in russia after being the first british person to dance for the mariinsky ballet company. on a rare trip home he went back to his childhood ballet school, which he left more than 20 years ago. shall we go in and see your old dance teacher? lets go. vanessa. lovely to have you back. it has been a long time. hasn't changed a dot since i was last there. i get older but the studio remain the same. i used to stand here on the bar. your little legs shaking like that. they have got a lot stronger since then. i know, here you have come a long way since. vanessa hooper and her mother taught a string of children who have made careers in ballet. there is zander parish, then at english national ballet, his classmatejoseph caley. joshua mcsherry—gray is also there. andr

it is gala night and inside xander parish is among the dancers getting ready to perform.special place for me because it is where i did my first performance in the pickwick papers at a street urchin. with harry secombe? yes, i was a young kid, i was eight or nine, eighti 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 hula dancers and the real for the names andi 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 in 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 really thrilling. so many dancers who took their first ballet steps in thrilling. so many dancers who took theirfirst ballet steps in hull have

it is gala night and inside xander parish is among the dancers getting ready to perform.ick 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 really thrilling. so many dancers who took their first ballet steps in hull have made huge leaps towards the top of their profession. the gala show brought some of them back to where their journey began. later we will hear from an oscar winner, jeremy irons, who has come to the city to celebrate hull in poetry. we will find out how you move the world's most talked