Royal Opera House, London; Sadler's Wells, LondonWhen she was 16, Melissa Hamilton was turned down by the Royal Ballet School. A late starter, she had grown up in Northern Ireland, where good classical dance teachers were few and far between. She was accepted by Elmhurst, another prestigious ballet school, but was soon advised to give up. Only one teacher, the former Bolshoi dancer Masha Mukhamedova, believed in her.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04PM on March 17, 2012