The fearlessness of Steven McRae
From our UK edition
Steven McRae ranked for a decade as the Royal Ballet’s star virtuoso – a fearless technician of dazzling precision, speed, stamina and verve. Serious injury, including a torn Achilles tendon, has recently dogged him to the point that anyone sane would have thrown in the towel, but with a sheer bloody-minded resilience and ego to match his phenomenal talent, he has fought his way to recovery through a fearsome regime of therapy that would make any Wimbledon champion or Olympic gold medallist blanch. McRae tap dances as if possessed by the daemon associated with the composer After another long period off stage, McRae returns to performance in a cabaret-style show in the friendly intimacy of the Linbury Theatre.
