Ballet & Dance Podcast

Ballet & Dance Podcast


Latest Episodes

Subhash Gorania, dancer, choreographer & Artistic Director of Morph Dance Company
October 12, 2019

In this podcast, we’re joined by Subhash Gorania, a cutting-edge, British choreographer and dancer and Artistic Director of Morph Dance Company. Subhash creates works that blends Indian classical dance, hip-hop and contemporary dance and has a very une...

Ballerina Mi Deng on technology and dance in Sleeping Beauty Dreams
October 05, 2019

In this podcast, we talk to principal dancer Mi Deng, who is one of the most famous and successful ballerinas from China. We discuss her role as the Princess in the innovative high- tech show, Sleeping Beauty Dreams.

Let’s talk about dancers’ mental health with former Royal Ballet dancer & dance counsellor
September 22, 2019

In this podcast episode we discuss the important subject of dancer mental health and wellbeing, with former Royal Ballet dancer and dance counsellor Terry Hyde. We shine a light on the challenges faced by dancers, including depression, injury,

Dance, Electronic Music & Digital Arts in the innovative ‘Step Sonic’ by Tom Dale
September 20, 2019

Dance creation is ever changing and evolving with the influence of new technologies on sound, lighting, staging, visualisations and performance. Critically acclaimed choreographer and dancer Tom Dale is an innovator in bringing these elements together ...

Hitting ROCKBOTTOM with dance theatre creator and performance artist Stuart Waters
August 18, 2019

Every so often you come across a personal story that must be told and shared. Cutting edge dance theatre creator and performance artist, Stuart Waters, tells his story of depression, addiction and destruction in a new autobiographical work Rock Bottom....

Rose Alice, dancer & choreographer brings together fashion, film, dance with the International Arts Collective
August 11, 2019

In this podcast, Australian born Rose Alice – ballet dancer, choreographer and Artistic Director of the International Arts Collective – shares her experience of forging her own path as a successful and inspiring freelance artist.

Sadler’s Wells Young Associate Ruby Portus is a rising young female choreographic talent using dance to tackle social issues
July 11, 2019

In this podcast we talk with Sadler’s Wells Young Associate Ruby Portus who is a dancer and choreographer using her voice to tackle sociopolitical issues in a playful way. Listen to Ruby talk about how the Sadler’s Wells Young Associates programme has ...

Birmingham Royal Ballet First Artist & Choreographer Ruth Brill on stepping off the stage to focus on choreography
July 08, 2019

In this podcast, we talk to Birmingham Royal Ballet First Artist and Choreographer Ruth Brill about her decision to hang up her pointe shoes to focus on a full-time choreographic career. Ruth talks about her distinguished ballet career that saw her dan...

Natalia Osipova: Royal Ballet principal dancer talks intimately about her career, new film, Pure Dance & Arthur Pita’s The Mother
June 18, 2019

Natalia Osipova has often been described as an enigma, as a dancer who keeps her audiences on the edge of their seats with pure but unpredictable performances, that makes you hold your breathe, as you never know what you’re about to experience until th...

Dance Photography: Marjorie Goodson takes us behind the scenes of her stunning dance photographic book ‘MG’
February 22, 2019

In this podcast, we explore the incredible photographic book released by dancer Marjorie Goodson titled ‘MG‘. The stunning hard cover coffee table style book features spectacular photos of Majorie Goodson photographed by Andreea Radutoiu.