Ballet romance ‘OUR LOVE IS EN POINTE!’
May 16, 2021
3 minutes
Words: Sara Bunny.
MAYU & PAUL: Dance is our lives!
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‘She doesn’t even need to work that hard – she’s already the best!’
Mayu Tanigaito and Paul Mathews laugh at the way their characters in the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s production of Giselle couldn’t be more different to their off-stage relationship.
“I play the part of Giselle, which is a role I absolutely love,” Japanese-born Mayu tells . “Paul’s character in the show is named Hilarion and he’s kind of like the boy-next-door. The problem is, he wants to be more than that,
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