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An interview with Charlotte Edmonds | Why Dance Matters podcast
For the latest episode of Why Dance Matters, we’re speaking with Charlotte Edmonds. source
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An interview with Crazy Smooth | Why Dance Matters
Our guest today is the Canadian hip hop dancer and choreographer professionally known as Crazy Smooth. We ask how Crazy Smooth came by his dance name? What makes Canadian street dance distinctive? In this Olympic year, where breaking makes its debut in the Paris games, should we really think of dance as a sport? And […]
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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 […]
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An interview with Dame Monica Mason | Why Dance Matters podcast
For the latest episode of Why Dance Matters, we’re speaking with the legendary Dame Monica Mason. May you live in interesting times may be an ancient curse, but Dame Monica Mason has voyaged through some very interesting times and places. She spent most of her career at The Royal Ballet, eventually as its artistic director […]
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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, […]
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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 […]