Man, 88, in ballet debut

An 88-YEAR-OLD man starred in his first ballet production yesterday after learning to dance at the tender age of 79.

Retired teacher John Lowe, of Witchford, Cambridgeshire, has been busy perfecting his pirouettes ahead of his role in Prokofiev’s The Stone Flower.

The pensioner, who has 11 grandchildren, said: “I practise each day and I’ve got a rope at home that I use to pull my leg up higher.