After a fabulous rehearsal last night, I now have just a day left before the BIG DAY of the concert. Almost 700 tickets have been sold, so the pressure is on! One of the shortest pieces is the “Puss in Boots” piece from Sleeping Beauty. In the ballet all sorts of fairy tales come to […]
Category: Ella Bella
This is a post category for posts about Ella Bella Ballerina and includes posts imported from the original Ella Bella Ballerina blog on Google Blogger.
Concert Countdown
With just a few days before the concert, I am frantically painting… painting… painting… to find the best and most practical way of creating the illustrations live on stage in time to the music. Tchaikovsky’s scores are so passionate, I really want to try to do some kind of justice to them; but it’s not […]
Magnificent Moon Lane
You can’t begin to imagine how exciting it is to arrive outside a bookshop for an event and to see such a spectacular window display in honour of your character. Ella Bella was duly honoured yesterday at the Tales on Moon Lane bookshop, in Herne Hill, by around 3o ballet-mad girls. It was a lovely […]
STORIES FROM THE BALLET – TWO WEEKS TO GO
Two weeks from today I’ll be in the middle of the final rehearsal; and at 2pm and 4.30 the same day, the final performances of the Stories from the Ballet concert. Tickets are going well, with the first concert approaching capacity and the second at around 50% full. So don’t delay: book your tickets now!01707 […]
Lions, Unicorns and missing Swans!
After being struck down with an autumn bout of Tonsillitis (Which, regrettably, resulted in my withdrawing from the Cheltenham Festival amongst other things) I managed to stagger to The Lion and Unicorn bookshop in Richmond, a jewel of a shop, filled with friendly staff and a huge selection of books. It was also filled with […]
Ella Bella on Wimbledon Common!
On Saturday I was thrilled to return to Wimbledon and to support the most wonderful independent bookshop, Wimbledon Books and Music. Ros and Rathan Sippy are the loveliest, warmest people you could ever hope to find and they have been a huge support, especially of Ella Bella Ballerina. Ros was, for many years, a costumier […]
SWAN LAKE published!
Yesterday I returned from Paris… where I was lucky enough to be celebrating Katie’s 21st anniversary. And today I’m celebrating again, because Ella Bella Ballerina and Swan Lake is published today! I’ll be raising a glass of Ribena and listening to my vintage record with Moira Shearer (and eating cake of course!). Then I’ll be […]
Ella Bella in Japan
Yesterday I received, through my publisher, a request from a ballet school in Tokyo called Studio Ailes. they asked if I would give permission for Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella to be used for their 20th anniversary performances next year. Naturally I said yes! It sounds very exciting. there will be 60 students from 3 […]
Swan Lake flies in
Yesterday I went to Orchard books’ offices in London to sign some Katie books (prizes for the Nessie competition) and deliver Katie in Scotland, my latest book. You can read all about that at KATIE’S PICTURE SHOW. While I was there I was unexpectedly handed a copy of the new Ella Bella book – “Ella […]
A touch of Klass
Hot on the heels of Doreen Wells comes another, unexpected, endorsement of Ella Bella. According to Myleene Klass in Mother & Baby magazine, her daughter Ava’s favourite book is Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella. Myleene says: “It’s so girly. She leaves it on her bedside table at night to read again in the morning”. Isn’t […]
