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An interview with Dr Guddi Singh Why Dance Matters Podcast

Dance touches lives beyond performers, so the guests on Why Dance Matters aren’t only professional dancers. Guddi Singh is a paediatrician and BBC broadcaster, and eloquent on the important part the arts can play in healthcare. In a warmly reflective conversation, she explains how, earlier in her career, a Bollywood dance class helped restore joy […]

Royal Academy of Dance

21 juli 2021

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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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An interview with Eilis Small | Why Dance Matters

The Royal Academy of Dance will soon hold the annual Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, where promising dancers from across the world dance their hearts out in front of some of ballet’s big names. In 2014, the Australian ballerina Eilis Small took part in the predecessor to the Fonteyn, the Genée, held that year in […]

Royal Academy of Dance

25 juli 2024

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An interview with Endalyn T. Outlaw | Why Dance Matters

The RAD’s flagship event, the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, gives young dancers a chance to learn from top professionals. This year’s coaches include Endalyn T Outlaw – dancer, educator, choreographer and Dean of the School of Dance at the University of North Carolina. Endalyn’s career is incredibly varied – she performed with the Dance […]

Royal Academy of Dance

17 augustus 2023

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An interview with Francesca Harper | Why Dance Matters

Francesca Harper, Artistic Director of Ailey II, is back where it all began. She trained at the Alvin Ailey School, where her mother, Denise Jefferson, was director for 26 years. She has also choreographed for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and now leads Ailey II, which fosters new generations of shining talent and will visit […]

Royal Academy of Dance

23 maart 2023

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An interview with Gerard Charles | Why Dance Matters podcast

Gerard Charles arrived at the Royal Academy of Dance as its new Artistic Director in 2018, having been in leadership positions at some of America’s liveliest ballet companies. As the RAD prepares to move to a new purpose-built headquarters in London’s Battersea, we ask Gerard how a new home will help it grow, and reach […]

Royal Academy of Dance

17 maart 2022

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