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Episode 1 – Tiler Peck

Tiler Peck, one of the world’s great ballerinas, opens the new season of Why Dance Matters. The California-born dancer is a reigning star at New York City Ballet, where she has been a principal since 2009, and is also a director and choreographer in her own right. Feted for her innate musicality and formidable work […]

Royal Academy of Dance

23 februari 2023

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Masks, decor and the story of Animal Farm | behind the scenes [1/2] | Dutch National Opera

A group of animals stages a rebellion on a dilapidated farm to free themselves from a tyrannical farmer, only to be subjugated to a new despot from their own ranks. A must-see world premiere: Orwell’s timeless classic about a fight for freedom doomed to failure. This performance is part of Opera Forward Festival SUBSCRIBE to […]

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20 februari 2023

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The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2023

The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition is the Royal Academy of Dance’s flagship annual event, one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world that attracts the finest young dancers trained in the RAD syllabus, from around the globe. The dance competition is dedicated to promoting and rewarding standards of excellence in young ballet […]

Royal Academy of Dance

16 februari 2023

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Lacrimosa [performance clip] Messa da Requiem | Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Following the success of Missa in tempore belli the previous season, the Chorus of Dutch National Opera and the dancers of Dutch National Ballet are combining forces once more. Led by choreographer and director Christian Spuck, they share the stage with four soloists, accompanied by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. In his interpretation of Verdi’s Messa […]

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14 februari 2023

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Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine – Julia Bullock | Dutch National Opera

She was an exceptionally popular artist, a civilrights activist as well as a heroine of the French resistance. And now, after a life of fighting for freedom, Josephine Baker has become the first Black woman to enter the Panthéon, a mausoleum in Paris built to honour France’s most revered figures. In Perle Noire, singer Julia […]

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13 februari 2023

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Episode 7 – Benjamin Zephaniah

In the last episode of this season of Why Dance Matters, we meet a poet – the resonant, rousing, heart-stopping Benjamin Zephaniah. Benjamin’s specific dance connection is that he’s recorded the narration for Rambert’s acclaimed new stage production based on Peaky Blinders, the cult period crime drama. As a celebrated performance poet, he’s used to […]

Royal Academy of Dance

9 februari 2023

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