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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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Episode 2 – Tim Arthur

In this episode, we visit the Royal Academy of Dance’s global headquarters in London to meet its new chief executive – the ebullient Tim Arthur. Tim’s previous experience is dizzyingly varied – he arrives at the RAD via senior roles in theatre, publishing and finance, working with companies like Time Out and Virgin Money. Why […]

Royal Academy of Dance

2 maart 2023

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Episode 5 – Jay Jay Revlon

For this episode of Why Dance Matters, we’re in conversation with DJ, activist and dancer Jay Jay Revlon. Ballroom culture was celebrated in the tv drama Pose, set in New York during the 1980s and 90s. It originated in Harlem, where queer people of colour came together in act of self-expression and resistance, and is […]

Royal Academy of Dance

26 januari 2023

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Episode 6 – Dr Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel

In this episode of Why Dance Matters, we’re in conversation with Dr Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel the Head of Research and Lead Academic Integrity Officer at the RAD’s Faculty of Education. A graduate of the RAD, the Universities of Durham and Surrey and London Metropolitan University, she took up the position of Lecturer in Dance Studies at […]

Royal Academy of Dance

2 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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EXIT from the theatre of war

This International Men’s Day the theme is better health for men and boys. RAD Australia’s Franco Leo spoke with Romàn Baca, Artistic Director of EXIT 12 Dance Company in New York about how he and his company are using dance to support Military Veterans by working with them to share their stories and move forward […]

Royal Academy of Dance

16 november 2021

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