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A tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah | Why Dance Matters

In this episode of Why Dance Matters, we revisit a conversation from October 2022, in tribute to the poet, performer and activist Benjamin Zephaniah, who died earlier this month. As a performance poet he gave words a glorious physical form, his rhythms dancing from line to line. He had also provided a voiceover for Rambert’s […]

Royal Academy of Dance

14 december 2023

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An interview with Aaron S. Watkin | Why Dance Matters

Aaron S Watkin seems like a man who knows what he likes: perfect material to direct a leading ballet company, and to judge a leading ballet competition. The new artistic director of English National Ballet was recently a judge for the Royal Academy of Dance’s Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition in London. Canadian-born Aaron danced […]

Royal Academy of Dance

7 december 2023

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An interview with Pam Tanowitz | Why Dance Matters

Pam Tanowitz is now an in-demand choreographer – but her career has followed a unique trajectory. For years, she and her company had an under-the-radar following in New York, but only recently did she win wider attention. A work set to TS Eliot’s 4 Quartets led to international tours and commissions for the Royal Ballet […]

Royal Academy of Dance

30 november 2023

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Royal Academy of Dance

24 november 2023

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An interview with Jakob Wheway Hughes | Why Dance Matters

Jakob Wheway Hughes was gold medallist at the Royal Academy of Dance’s Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2023. The Fonteyn took place at His Majesty’s Theatre in London, the opulent home of Phantom of the Opera. Jakob performed a new solo and a bravura classical variation, and seemed strikingly at ease on stage, communicating his […]

Royal Academy of Dance

23 november 2023

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An interview with Drew McOnie | Why Dance Matters

Drew McOnie is a British choreographer and theatre director, and one of the busiest people in show business. He danced with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures company, but soon wanted to run the show. His work hits a sweet spot between warm and witty, always with a kinetic fizz: whether in the West End, on Broadway […]

Royal Academy of Dance

16 november 2023

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