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Thank you for your lovely tribute to Kevin Sim. I am so glad you that you were able to be in Basel with him. Sadly I was not able to go, but we were in frequent contact.

Kev and I had been friends for almost 40 years and I remember well all the roles you mentioned. Yes he was a very special dance actor, and I never thought it was possible to be moved by Dr Coppelius but Kevin managed it, by making Dr Coppelius a rounded human being.  Here's a clip of Kev in Christopher Bruce's Swansong where you can see his power as a performer.

A few years ago I watched Kev run a ballet acting workshop at Ballet Cymru. It was fascinating to see him working with the dancers;  encouraging them to do everything with subtlety and meaning.

Thanks to someone Kev introduced me to, my career has been as a dance photographer, but most of all I will remember many hours spent together chatting in good humour....

Be in peace now dear Kev. 

The full gallery from Russian Ballet Icons 2017 of photographs backstage can be found here:

http://client.sian-trenberth.com/russianballeticons2017/

Hope you enjoy the below youtube link of my photographs of the performers at the Ave Maya Russian Ballet Gala 2016
 

See Elena Glurdjidze backstage during her last performance in Swan Lake at the London Coliseum

Thank you for your kind comments, Balletteacher. These days there are so many still photographs out there of the "perfect arabesque", and I really try to capture the emotion behind that beautiful technique.

See professional photographs of rehearsals and backstage at: