I just thought I’d open a thread exploring the strange relationship between ballet and lorries. The points where they cross over. For a start, I wonder if any of you who ever worked on the tour trucks doing the concerts / shows circuit (think EST, Transam etc) can ever remember trailer sides ever being dedicated to groups like the London Festival Ballet or the Royal Ballet or the Northern Ballet…. I know some of the big tours for shows did. Another scenario that springs to mind is the carnival float occupied by the local ballet school. That may throw up a few images!
Anyone on EST or Transam do the ballet tours?
I took the Young Royal Ballet for a mini tour of Holland in 1974.
Quite an eye-opener.
whisperingsmith:
I took the Young Royal Ballet for a mini tour of Holland in 1974.
Quite an eye-opener.
Coach or lorry? Yes, it can deffo be an eye-opener! 
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40’ Step frame with the props
It just happens to be World Ballet Day today. Plenty of videos online of the big dance companies celebrating with filmed masterclasses 
Kindly posted on another thread by Carl Williams earlier today:
