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Conversations with Ballet & Dance Icons

by The Wonderful World of Dance

Ballet & Dance Podcast - Guest Star Ballerinas, Dancers, Choreographers, Artistic Directors and more

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Ukrainian ballerina Anna Muromtseva on fleeing Kyiv for her new life with the Hungarian National Ballet

In this inspiring podcast, we share the remarkable story of strength and resilience of Ukrainian principal dancer Anna Muromtseva, who faced the most devastating and unim

Jul 29 2024

Isaac Hernández, Principal Dancer, San Francisco Ballet

In this podcast, Principal Dancer Isaac Hernández shares his unique story of growing up in Mexico as one of 11 kids, being taught to dance by his father and dancing with

Apr 5 2023

Cathy Marston, internationally renowned, award winning British Choreographer and Artistic Director on world premiere with Houston Ballet

Cathy Marston, internationally renowned, award winning British Choreographer and Artistic Director has created critically acclaimed works for The Royal Ballet, San Franci

Mar 15 2023
31 min

Rafael Bonachela, Choreographer & Sydney Dance Company Artistic Director on Ascent

The Wonderful World of Dance has arrived in the vibrant city of Sydney, Australia to explore the dynamic dance scene of this beautiful country. And, of course, we couldn’

Mar 15 2023
30 min

Russell Maliphant, Choreographer & Artistic Director looks back over his career and towards 25 years of Russell Maliphant Dance Company

In this podcast Russell Maliphant, the critically acclaimed, award winning choreographer, dancer and artistic director of Russell Maliphant Dance Company, discusses his c

Nov 7 2020
1 h 16 min

Wayne Eagling, acclaimed choreographer, former Artistic Director of English National Ballet, Dutch National Ballet & Royal Ballet Principal looks back on his career

English National Ballet and Dutch National Ballet former Artistic Director, former Royal Ballet Senior Principal Dancer and world renowned choreographer Wayne Eagling, ta

Nov 6 2020
57 min

Viviana Durante, new Artistic Director of English National Ballet School on challenges facing students during covid and her vision for the future

Viviana Durante is an international ballet star and former principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, La Scala and K-Ballet.  Hailed as one of the

Oct 19 2020
30 min

Tiler Peck, New York City Ballet, Principal Dancer on her lockdown dance life, #Turnoutwithtiler & creating A New Stage

Tiler Peck, New York City Ballet Principal is not only a famous ballerina in the US, she has become a global household name following her uber successful live ballet clas

Oct 15 2020
34 min

Hofesh Shechter – Acclaimed Choreographer, Composer, Artistic Director on his movement language, inspirations & choreographic process

Hofesh Shechter is an award winning, critically acclaimed choreographer, composer and artistic director of the ground-breaking and mind-blowing Hofesh Shechter Company.

Oct 9 2020
36 min

American Ballet Theatre, Soloist, Gabe Stone Shayer on dancing with Misty Copeland & launching Creative Genesis to give dancers work during lockdown

American Ballet Theatre Soloist, Gabe Stone Shayer talks in this podcast about his journey from Philadelphia to becoming the first African-American male graduate of the B

Oct 7 2020
50 min

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

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 la

Sep 30 2020
57 min

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

Principal dancer Carlo di Lanno moved from San Francisco Ballet to Semperoper Ballett in Germany just as the coronavirus pandemic started to hit Europe. After arriving i

Sep 23 2020
38 min

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

In this podcast, English National Ballet‘s Isabelle Brouwers gives us an insight into her lockdown experience that coincided with recovering from an injury; she also talk

Aug 23 2020
54 min

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

In this podcast, National Ballet of Canada acclaimed Principal dancer and award winning Associate Choreographer Guillaume Côté talks about his 22 year career with the com

Jun 19 2020
48 min

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

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 transla

Jun 12 2020
44 min

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

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 a

Jun 12 2020
30 min

BalletBoyz Artistic Directors Michael Nunn & William Trevitt celebrate 20 years with ‘Deluxe’

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 w

Mar 24 2020
29 min

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

Christine Shevchenko, Principal, American Ballet Theatre shares her journey from Ukraine to the States, becoming the youngest recipient of the Princess Grace Award, risin

Mar 14 2020
37 min

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

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

Mar 1 2020
1 h 19 min

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

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 dan

Feb 22 2020
34 min

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