Ballet & Dance Podcast

Ballet & Dance Podcast


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Akram Khan, critically acclaimed choreographer celebrates 20 Year Anniversary of Akram Khan Company
September 30, 2020

Akram Khan MBE is without doubt one of the most innovative and important choreographers of our time. He has created some of the most profound and moving works over the last 20 years of Akram Khan Company, a company he founded with Farooq Chaudry.

Principal dancer Carlo di Lanno on joining Semperoper Ballett during the pandemic and preparing to perform to a socially distanced audience
September 23, 2020

Principal dancer Carlo di Lanno moved from SanFrancisco Ballet to Semperoper Ballett in Germany just as the coronavirus pandemic started to hit Europe. After arriving in the company's home in the ci

English National Ballet’s Isabelle Brouwers on her lockdown dance life, going back to the studio & dancing in a mask
August 23, 2020

In this podcast, English National Ballet'sIsabelle Brouwersgives us an insight into her lockdown experience that coincided with recovering from an injury; she also talks about how she prepared to re

Guillaume Côté – National Ballet of Canada Principal, Choreographer & Artistic Director of Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur
June 19, 2020

In this podcast, National Ballet of Canada acclaimed Principal dancer and award winning Associate ChoreographerGuillaume Ct talks about his 22 year career with the company that has fostered his dri

Royal Ballet First Soloist Mayara Magri & Choreographer Ruth Mair Howard-Jones on creating lockdown dance film ‘SONO CON TE’
June 12, 2020

In this podcast, Royal Ballet First Soloist Mayara Magri and Choreographer Ruth Mair Howard-Jones talk about creating the lockdown dance film 'Sono Con Te', which translates in English to 'I Am With You'. -

Royal Ballet’s Leticia Dias shares her journey from Rio to London, lockdown dance life and new film ‘SONO CON TE’
June 12, 2020

In this podcast, Royal Ballet Artist Leticia Dias joins us from Rio where she has been staying with her family during lockdown. - Listen to Leticia talk about growing up and studying ballet in Rio, winning a Prix de Lausanne scholarship that took her ...

BalletBoyz Artistic Directors Michael Nunn & William Trevitt celebrate 20 years with ‘Deluxe’
March 24, 2020

Good news feels a little hard to come by these days. So it's exciting to see the critically acclaimed, award winning BalletBoyz 20th anniversary celebrations continuing with an online presentation of Deluxe by Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. -

Christine Shevchenko, American Ballet Theatre Principal on her favourite roles, injury prevention, inspirations & advice 
March 14, 2020

Christine Shevchenko, Principal, American Ballet Theatre shares her journey from Ukraine to the States, becoming the youngest recipient of the Princess Grace Award, rising through the ranks of ABT from corps de ballet to soloist and being promoted to p...

Sir Richard Alston says farewell to Richard Alston Dance Company as he looks back over his 50 year career and to the future
March 01, 2020

In this podcast, Sir Richard Alston looks back over his 50-year career that included training with Merce Cunningham, leading Rambert as artistic director and establishing his own company Richard Alston Dance Company more than 25 years ago,

Freddie Opoku-Addaie, Choreographer & Artistic Director on creating SystemsLAB
February 22, 2020

In this podcast, British-born choreographer, performer and educator, Freddie Opoku-Addaie shares his journey from East London to studying at London’s top contemporary dance school and going on to create a successful freelance career working with renown...