Tonight was our second choreography session led by our resident choreographer Jenny French (sister of Artistic Director Gilly). Jenny has choreographed all our opera dance sequences in the past and our singers – who are not necessarily used to taking on such non-vocal exercise – always find her calm, clear and encouraging. The Figaro dance is of course the wedding fandango, and the music in Portugal’s version is curiously reminiscent of Mozart, presumably because both were making use of popular dance tunes. The photographs show our Susanna (Emily Rowley Jones) really getting into the swing, and Bartolo (Mark Saberton) perhaps less certain of his talents.