Royal Academy of Dance

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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]