Royal Academy of Dance

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An interview with Phil Chan | Why Dance Matters podcast

www.royalacademyofdance.org/podcast Phil Chan is a dancer, arts advocate and activist born in Hong Kong and now based in New York. With Georgina Pazcogin of New York City Ballet, he co-founded Final Bow For Yellowface in 2017. Provoked by stereotypes of Asian characters and culture in classic ballets – mostly notably in The Nutcracker – their […]
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An interview with Cathy Marston – Why Dance Matters podcast

www.royalacademyofdance.org/podcast The choreographer Cathy Marston has a rare gift for telling stories in dance. Now a major player in leading ballet companies (including The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre) that until recently were a boys’ own club, her starting point is often literature or history – in ballets about Jane Eyre or […]