Wednesday, April 8.
9.45 Overwhelming welcoming at Liceul Caragiale: 120 boys between 15 and 17 are expecting Royston, Josef and Pete in a packed hall. There we realize what difference it makes if two choreographers present their contemporary dance project or if it is presented by two ladies -one of them in her sixties - who, whether they want it or not, will convey the impression that the dance project can only be a ballet kind of thing just good enough for sweet little girls dreaming of toe-dancing in pink tutus.......
And here we are: we hardly have time to get back to the headmistress´s office that three young men are already waiting for us to register for the "contemporary dance" project!
It´s time now to drive back to the airport. A very short visit indeed, but long enough for Royston, Josef and Pete to get a feeling of bustling Bucharest and be impressed by the openness, warmth and competence of the young and less young Romanians they met.
(Just what I have always said and felt!)
No doubt, they will be back very soon.......
I'm so much looking forward to this performance and being back in Bucharest to see how it has changed over the past three years.
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