But i obviously grew up watching him pursue a passion. My sister did a lot of gymnastics, a bit of dancing, and as a seven year old, i asked my father if i could have a go. I wanted to go to a dance lesson, and my mother and father didn t even question any of it bearing in mind we didn t go to the theatre, we didn t go to galleries, or. . . I was not exposed to the arts. But they found a local school around the corner, and we now can fully appreciate that little local school had some of the best teachers you could ever come across. And you had this very rapid rise through your teens. You performed at the opening ceremony of the sydney olympics, and then you started to win international ballet competitions. The first teachers i had unleashed this tiger within me. So, then it was when i was about 13 or 14, which again shows you just how incredible my first teachers were, that they felt they d taken me so far, and it was time to hand me on they introduced me to my teacher in sydney, h
Steven mcrae, welcome to hardtalk. We re here at the royal ballet and opera in london, which has been your professional home for many years now, and you re about to go back on stage as the mad hatter in alice s adventures in wonderland. Tell me first how this adventure began for you, the world of ballet. Because you grew up far away from here. Yes. So i grew up in the outskirts of sydney, australia. Probably the furthest you could possibly get from the royal opera house here in london. I grew up in a motorsport family. My father was a drag racer. My father was an incredibly clever man who would create any parts with his own bare hands that he couldn t afford to purchase or to import. But i obviously grew up watching him pursue a passion. My sister did a lot of gymnastics, a bit of dancing, and as a seven year old, i asked my father if i could have a go. I wanted to go to a dance lesson, and my mother and father didn t even question any of it. Bearing in mind we didn t go to the theatre
Hes a charismatic person, performer. His way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. And that makes him really very special. But the pressures of staying at the top are immense. The highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. To get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. Are the sacrifices worth it . The moment it all falls into. Place and you are at a position that youve hardly ever dreamt| of is so much of a payback that everything, all the worki that youve done before, seems to be minimal. Jonas kaufmann unveiled. Let me take you to the opera. Singing Jonas Kaufmann is an opera legend. Hes already assured of his place in history as one of the greatest ever tenors. Applause like millions of others, im a huge fan ofJonas Kaufmann and i try to see him perform whenever i can. I am in awe of his almost supernatural talent, but now i can go one step furthe
states and all around the world. i m paula newton, and ahead here on cnn newsroom. ron desantis s big announcement. yes, the glitchy beginning to a campaign that has donald trump in team biden trolling. but is there a pathway to the presidency for florida s governor? the u.s. territory of guam, clobbered by a cat four typhoon. live on the island where power is out, water has been cut and there is still assessing the damage. plus the queen of rock and roll tina turner dead at the age of 83. we will discuss the impact that she had on music, pop culture and curl power. with one of the industry s top writers. we begin with the 2024 race for the white house and it has a new candidate, florida governor ron desantis, the 44-year-old republican posted this announcement on twitter just a few minutes before a live chat with the platforms owner elon musk. righting the ship requires restoring sanity to our society. truth must be our foundation. in common sense can no longer be an u
welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead on cnn newsroom i m ron desantis, and i m running for president to lead our great american comeback. ron desantis makes it official, but his unconventional announcement filled with delays and glitches has many asking, did he win over any voters? . plus one year as ham and gone sense the deadly massacre at robb elementary school in uvalde. 19 fourth graders and two teachers mercilessly slaughtered by a gunman. we ll look at america s public health crisis with gun violence. what s love got to do with it remembering an entertainment and music legend, tina turner, dead at the age of 83. so we begin with the race for the white house and rough start for the latest republican to announce his candidacy, ron desantis. the florida governor started wednesday evening s launch posting a campaign video on twitter saying he s running for president to lead the great americ