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An interview with Nina Wadia | Why Dance Matters

This festive episode visits the pantomime: that uniquely British blend of song, dance, and silliness. Explaining its appeal is the cherished comic actor, Nina Wadia, who stars in Jack and the Beanstalk at York Theatre Royal. Nina, who grew up in India and Hong Kong, is the perfect guide to anyone who is not steeped […]

Royal Academy of Dance

21 december 2023

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A tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah | Why Dance Matters

In this episode of Why Dance Matters, we revisit a conversation from October 2022, in tribute to the poet, performer and activist Benjamin Zephaniah, who died earlier this month. As a performance poet he gave words a glorious physical form, his rhythms dancing from line to line. He had also provided a voiceover for Rambert’s […]

Royal Academy of Dance

14 december 2023

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An interview with Aaron S. Watkin | Why Dance Matters

Aaron S Watkin seems like a man who knows what he likes: perfect material to direct a leading ballet company, and to judge a leading ballet competition. The new artistic director of English National Ballet was recently a judge for the Royal Academy of Dance’s Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition in London. Canadian-born Aaron danced […]

Royal Academy of Dance

7 december 2023

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A spoken-word opera: The theory of everything [trailer] | Dutch National Opera

The spoken-word opera The Theory of Everything follows eleven-year-old Nia’s magical and philosophical quest for more time. Her grandmother, a leading scientist, wants Nia to use her amazing mathematical skills to help her in her laboratory in a joint effort to solve the physics conundrum of the theory of everything. But Nia’s aunt, a famous […]

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23 december 2023

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Waarom je niet vega hoeft te zijn om de planeet te redden

De wereld telt op dit moment 8 miljard mensen en zal naar verwachting naar 10 miljard groeien. Hebben we dan wel genoeg eten voor iedereen op aarde? Volgens hoogleraar duurzame voedselsystemen Hannah van Zanten (Wageningen Universiteit) hoeven we niet te verhongeren, maar dan moet er wel iets veranderen aan het eten op ons bord. Ons […]

Universiteit van Nederland

10 december 2023

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Dolf Jansen houdt van taal | De Avondshow Stand-ups (S2)

‘Avondshow Stand-ups’: een kennismaking met de leukste comedians van het moment, in een mix van oude rotten en beloftes voor later. Stand-uppers op het scherpst van de snede. In deze video: Dolf Jansen. De hele aflevering kun je terugzien op NPO Start. Volg ‘De Avondshow’ op Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deavondshowmetarjenlubach Volg ‘De Avondshow’ op X: https://www.twitter.com/deavondshowvpro Arjen […]

De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach | VPRO

29 december 2023

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