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Why Dance Matters
Why Dance Matters is a series of conversations with extraordinary people from the world of dance and beyond. It traces the impact of dance on their lives and asks why dance matters to them – and why it might matter to us all. The RAD inspires the world to dance, and we hope these insightful personal...
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Karen Hauer: my life in Strictly
Today we enter the world of Strictly Come Dancing. The show is a phenomenon of British television, and our guest is the longest serving professional d...
Maddie Jamieson: but I’m a cheerleader!
Maddie Jamieson is one of the UK’s leading experts in dance team. As a former competitive dancer, and now a choreographer, coach and judge, she’s the...
Alexander Campbell on becoming RAD's Artistic Director
Alexander Campbell has been Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Dance for just over a year. Formerly a gleaming principal with the Royal Ballet,...
S10 E15: Lewis Walker
Lewis Walker is a former world champion gymnast and now a dancer. We often talk about dance as a short career, one which embeds a very binary approach...
S10 E14: Kim Brandstrup
Kim Brandstrup is a Danish born choreographer whose latest project, Breaking Bach, unites him with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Kim ofte...
S10 E13: Shelley Yacopetti
It’s the 90th anniversary of the RAD in Australia, so we are speaking to Shelley Yacopetti, the RAD’s National Director in Australia. Not all the nati...
S10 E12: Fabian Aloise
We go inside a London theatre phenomenon with Fabian Aloise, the choreographer whose latest show has made headlines around the world. Every night, Rac...
S10 E11: Alina Cojocaru
Alina Cojocaru is one of the great ballerinas of her generation – her Giselle, Odette-Odile and Manon bring those complex, anguished characters to lif...
S10 E10: Robert Pranzatelli / Pilobolus
We take a deep dive into a single dance company – the tumbling, twisty, transporting Pilobolus – through the eyes of Robert Pranzatelli, who has writt...
S10 E9: Amir Nizar Zuabi
Amir Nizar Zuabi is artistic director of The Herds – an astonishing work of cardboard and imagination, which is sweeping northwards from Africa. The l...
S10 E8: Angela Rippon
When it comes to youthful spirit, Angela Rippon is unmatchable. Angela is a journalist and broadcaster, who 50 years ago this year became the BBC’s fi...
S10 E7: Christina Ho
Christina S Ho, Professor of Law at Rutgers University, is deeply engaged in questions around access to healthcare, law and governance – but is also a...
S10 E6: Dames Arlene Phillips, Darcey Bussell & Monica Mason
This special episode was recorded live to celebrate International Women’s Day. The RAD gathered three distinguished dancing dames in front of an invit...
S10 E5 Valentino Zucchetti
Valentino Zucchetti
When Valentino Zucchetti won the gold medal at the Genée International Ballet Competition in 2006, Dance Gazette cal...
S10 E4: Takero Shimazaki
The architect Takero Shimazaki was born in Tokyo but is a longtime Londoner. He has designed many kinds of buildings – including the London home of th...
S10 E3: Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu
Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu is an inventive choreographer, an Olympic movement director and a very positive lifecoach. Her dance company Uchenna promises to...
S10 E2: Pia Sutaria
India is renowned for its rich dance traditions, but rarely for ballet. Pia Sutaria is changing that. Pia’s career has been immensely varied – from ba...
S10 E1: Matthew Bourne
To celebrate our tenth series, we are launching this season with a brilliant episode with Sir Matthew Bourne whose Swan Lake returns this year for its...
S9 E6: Aakash Odedra
Our guest today is the dancer and choreographer Aakash Odedra. Based in the UK, his work tours internationally, and he collaborates with artists from...
S9 E5: Eilis Small
The Royal Academy of Dance will soon hold the annual Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, where promising dancers from across the world da...
S9 E4: Mike Wamaya
We often talk about how dance changes lives on Why Dance Matters. No one exemplifies that more than the remarkable RAD dance teacher Michael Wamaya. H...
S9 E3: Britt Tajet-Foxell
Did you know the Royal Ballet had a performance psychologist? Britt Tajet-Foxell was a pioneer in the discipline, which is more familiar in the sports...
S9 E2: Crazy Smooth
Crazy Smooth
Our guest today is the Canadian hip hop dancer and choreographer professionally known as Crazy Smooth. We ask how Crazy S...
S9 E1: Misty Copeland
Nine years ago this month, Misty Copeland became the first ever Black American woman to be promoted to principal at American Ballet Theatre. One of ba...
S8 E6: Special Episode
Life changing moments with Why Dance Matters!
We’ve made over 50 episodes of Why Dance Matters, and the conversations often hinge on life-changi...
S8 E5: Olivia Lume
With members in over 80 countries around the world, and Royal Academy of Dance’s relationship with its members depends on its National Directors. They...
S8 E4: Rebecca Yates
The Silver Swans programme is one of the Royal Academy of Dance’s most life-enhancing initiatives. Silver Swans are people of 55 and over taking a spe...
S8 E3: Patrick Makuakāne
Patrick Makuakane is a dance maker, teacher and hula master and recently received a fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation. The fellowships are give...
S8 E2: Naomi Smart
In 2021, Naomi Smart qualified as a teacher from the Royal Academy of Dance. ‘Never thought dance teaching was an option for me but here I am – Deaf p...
S8 E1: Wesley Ruzibiza
We launch the new season of Why Dance Matters with a vital figure in African contemporary dance. Wesley Ruzibiza discovered dance almost by accident –...
S7 E7: Olga Smirnova
Why Dance Matters celebrates its 50th episode in conversation with one of the world’s great ballerinas. Olga Smirnova’s Giselle with Dutch National Ba...
S7 E6: Nina Wadia
This festive episode visits the pantomime: that uniquely British blend of song, dance, and silliness. Explaining its appeal is the cherished comic act...
S7 E5: Benjamin Zephaniah (a tribute)
In this episode of Why Dance Matters, we revisit a conversation from October 2022, in tribute to the poet, performer and activist Benjamin Zephaniah,...
S7 E4: Aaron S. Watkin
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 competitio...
S7 E3: Pam Tanowitz
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-rada...
S7 E2: Jakob Wheway Hughes
Jakob Wheway Hughes was gold medallist at the Royal Academy of Dance’s Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2023. The Fonteyn took place at...
S7 E1: Drew McOnie
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 Adven...
S6 E7: Jennifer White
Jennifer White is a choreographer who occupies a unique sweet spot between RAD ballet, contemporary dance, Kylie and the year’s hottest movie: she is...
S6 E6: Endalyn T. Outlaw
The RAD’s flagship event, the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, gives young dancers a chance to learn from top professionals. This year...
S6 E5: Mitchell Rayner
‘Living in the movement’ is the motto of Australian Royal Academy of Dance teacher Mitchell Rayner. Enjoying and fully inhabiting your movement is a f...