Behind every performance is a bevy of unseen but talented people who are essential to getting the show on the stage – or on the road. Who are these people who are content to stay out of the limelight? We dug out just a few of them.
Noelene Hill - Wardrobe Production Manager and Resident Designer, Queensland Ballet
“I love the immediacy of performance, and the fact that it’s live. Even though months of work go into creating a production, the audience has a feeling that it’s been created right then in the moment, just for them. When all the elements come together successfully it’s magical, and it’s a tremendous thrill when the audience are moved, ” says Noelene Hill.
Hill was born in Sydney. “Around the age of 11 I announced to my mother that I wanted to learn how to make clothes. After much frustration and cursing the sewing machine for not doing what I wanted it to I managed to create an outfit that was featured in the local paper along with several other young ladies’ creations. The caption cited us as ‘future designers’.”
See the full article on behind the scenes people in the December 2013/January 2014 issue of Dance Australia. OUT SOON!