2023 – Pagina 19

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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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An interview with Alice Oseman | Why Dance Matters

Alice Oseman’s work stops hearts – in a good way. They capture the delirious rush of first love, above all in the Heartstopper series – online, in books, and onscreen – which has become a sensation. Heartstopper is also all about young people finding ways to express themselves, creatively and emotionally, becoming the people they […]

Royal Academy of Dance

3 augustus 2023

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An interview with Ana Maria Campos | Why Dance Matters

Ana Maria Campos is a Royal Academy of Dance teacher from Brazil. She has travelled widely and lived in several different countries – dance and dance teaching are wonderfully portable skills. As an RAD examiner, she also visits dance schools all over the world – how does she calm the nerves of young dancers and […]

Royal Academy of Dance

16 maart 2023

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An interview with Dame Arlene Phillips | Why Dance Matters

In an exciting bonus episode of Why Dance Matters, we meet the choreographer Dame Arlene Phillips as she receives a special honour at the Olivier Awards, marking a career packed with achievement. A dance legend, Arlene made her name with her racy dance troupe Hot Gossip in the 1970s, before becoming a major player in […]

Royal Academy of Dance

6 april 2023

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An interview with David Hallberg | Why Dance Matters

The new season of Why Dance Matters opens with one of the great ballet princes – David Hallberg, star dancer and now artistic director of Australian Ballet. The epitome of classical elegance, in his memoir, A Body of Work, he writes feelingly about being a boy who dances, and a dancer who yearns for perfection, […]

Royal Academy of Dance

13 juli 2023

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An interview with Drew McOnie | Why Dance Matters

Drew McOnie is a British choreographer and theatre director, and one of the busiest people in show business. He danced with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures company, but soon wanted to run the show. His work hits a sweet spot between warm and witty, always with a kinetic fizz: whether in the West End, on Broadway […]

Royal Academy of Dance

16 november 2023

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