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Irma Becker: dance is for everyone

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Sonia Brown: Silver Swans (plus a hen night)

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Jack Murphy: Bridgerton’s dancing master

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Christopher Wheeldon: ballet meets Broadway

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Amanda Teo: ballet meets world

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Alicia Graf Mack: holding history in her hand

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Serena McCall: style and steam

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Alexandra Beller: what does the body know?

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Alexandra Beller: what the body knows

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Lil Buck: from Memphis to the world stage

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Isabelle Brouwers: sharing the dance

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Nathan James: taptastic!

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Dena Kaplan: good-girl dancer to euphoric DJ

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Sir Peter Wright: a century of dance

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Pawlet Brookes: the art of serendipity

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Jordan James Bridge: defying the gatekeepers

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Sonia Sabri: the power of dance

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Dr. Mark Broomfield: changing the world, one dance at a time

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Elizabeth Honer: what does leadership look like?

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Christopher Scott: making Wicked dance

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Jamiel Devernay-Laurence: ballet entrepreneur

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Evie Templeton: Wednesday, ballet and Lady Gaga

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Anthony Roth Costanzo: high notes and bold choices

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Tamara Rojo: the buck stops here

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Karen Hauer: my life in Strictly

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Maddie Jamieson: but I’m a cheerleader!

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Alexander Campbell: becoming RAD's Artistic Director

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Lewis Walker: movement beyond the medals

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Kim Brandstrup: breaking boundaries

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Shelley Yacopetti: celebrating 90 years of RAD Australia

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Fabian Aloise: choreographing a London moment!

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Alina Cojocaru: the art that moves us

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Robert Pranzatelli on Pilobolus: twists, tumbling, and transformative dance

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Amir Nizar Zuabi: The Herds, empathy and changing the world

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Angela Rippon: dancing through decades

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Christina Ho: finding grace in governance

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Dames Arlene Phillips, Darcey Bussell & Monica Mason: special episode

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Valentino Zucchetti: charisma and choreography

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Takero Shimazaki: architecture meets dance

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Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu: dance, empowerment and Olympic magic

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Pia Sutaria: on ballet, access and dancing against the odds

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Sir Matthew Bourne: transforming the dance world

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Aakash Odedra: stories in motion

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Eilis Small: Birmingham Royal Ballet dancer

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Mike Wamaya: changing lives through dance in Kenya

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Britt Tajet-Foxell: pioneering performance psychology

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Crazy Smooth: street dance, identity and breaking's Olympic moment

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Misty Copeland: an extraordinary journey in ballet

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A special 50th episode!

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Olivia Lume: National Director of RAD Africa

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Rebecca Yates: on Silver Swans & dancing for mind, body and joy!

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Patrick Makuakāne: hula, heritage and cultural survival

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Naomi Smart: her experience as a deaf dance teacher

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Wesley Ruzibiza: the role of dance in challenging times

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Olga Smirnova: on courage, stage fright and why dance matters

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Nina Wadia: oh yes she did!

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Benjamin Zephaniah: a special tribute

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Aaron S. Watkin: English National Ballet's new Artistic Director

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Pam Tanowitz: on choreography, Martha Graham and hope

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Jakob Wheway Hughes: Fonteyn 2023 gold medallist

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Drew McOnie: running the show

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Jennifer White: choreographer of the Barbie movie!

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Endalyn T. Outlaw: dance, identity and excellence

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Mitchell Rayner: living in the moment

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Alice Oseman: on becoming who you want to be

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Sir Wayne McGregor: on radically redefining dance

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Merritt Moore: dance and robots!

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David Hallberg: Artistic Director of Australian Ballet

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Dame Arlene Phillips: Olivier Award winner!

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Giles Terera: Hamilton, Othello and The Meaning of Zong

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Francesca Harper: from William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt to Ailey II

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Ana Maria Campos: on all things RAD Brazil and exams

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Raphael Ng: dance training meets finance!

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Tim Arthur: RAD, Time Out and Virgin Money

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Tiler Peck: reigning star at New York City Ballet

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Benjamin Zephaniah: inspiring generations

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Dr Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel: passionate about dance education!

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Jay Jay Revlon: father of the House of Revlon

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Charlotte Edmonds: on choreography, freelancing and making her own creative opportunities

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Zack Frongillo: dance in unexpected places

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Dame Monica Mason: a dance career for the history books!

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Akram Khan: on shaping the international landscape of dance

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Dame Darcey Bussell: the most famous British ballerina of her generation

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Harper Watters: breaking the ballet mould

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Jordan Thomas: how dance changed his life

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Hofesh Shechter: bringing the energy to contemporary dance

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Kathryn Morgan: body image and ballet

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Barbara Peters: on taking RAD exams in her 80's!

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Joyce DiDonato: why art matters

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Carlos Acosta: on sharing the love of ballet

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Ralph Heimans: painting the portrait of Dame Adeline Genée

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Hannah Martin: from rhythmic gymnastics to ballet

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Leanne Benjamin OBE: Built for Ballet

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Libby Clegg MBE: the Paralympics and Dancing on Ice

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Gerard Charles: RAD Artistic Director 2018-2022

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Yami 'Rowdy' Löfvenberg: on RAD Step Into Dance

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James Whiteside: American Ballet Theatre principal

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Ashley Page: Fonteyn special episode

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Luke Rittner: dance at the heart

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Céline Gittens: from Genée gold medallist to BRB principal