on the way, thomas teaches her english, instructs her on the basics of the magical world and convinces her to adopt the identity of the russian ballerina, nina tchereslavsky. thomas is also able to convince the owner of a music hall, nigel barret, who is an elemental master of air to take 'nina' on as the main act of his show. in a ploy based on the fairy tale, nigel and his partners discover ninette posing as "nina" supposedly shipwrecked on a beach near blackpool. inspired, nigel and his partners, arthur (who is in charge of the orchestra) and wolf (a parrot who supposedly is the reincarnation of mozart), create a production based on the experience. they set ninette up in a nice apartment with a maid named alsie mckenzie (who has no magic, but has the abilities of a sensitive, which means she can see elemental beings and the like ) and start rehearsals, with ninette also doing some dancing acts on the stage in the meantime.