Voices of British Ballet

Voices of British Ballet

Voices of British Ballet

Episodes 70
Avg. Duration 20m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (3)
Since Mar 2025
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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98%
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About This Podcast

Voices of British Ballet tells the story of dance in Britain through conversations with the people that built its history. Choreographers, dancers, designers, producers and composers describe their part in the development of the artform from the beginning of the twentieth century.

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Janette Mulligan

Jun 08, 2026 19m

The energy in Janette Mulligan’s voice reveals what a vibrant dancer she was. Her enthusiasm for the whole gamut of performing shines through, from correct hair styles and clean shoes right through…

Celebrating Ninette de Valois: an interview with Gailene Stock

Jun 02, 2026 17m

In 2026 Voices of British Ballet is celebrating the life of Ninette de Valois, to mark the centenary of the Royal Ballet School, with a series of interviews and special episodes that illuminate her…

Alan Cunliffe

May 25, 2026 20m

Here is Alan Cunliffe talking to Patricia Linton, founder and director of Voices of British Ballet. Inspired by watching pantomimes with his mother at the Harrow Coliseum in the 1950s, Cunliffe broke…

Felicity Sands Widdrington

May 18, 2026 13m

The fate of many a dancer is discussed at the end of the interview featured in this episode. Adventures are recounted with unaffected humour and a deliciously 1930s delivery. In this interview with…

Barbara Vernon

May 11, 2026 24m

In this interview with Patricia Linton, founder and director of Voices of British Ballet, Barbara Vernon illustrates that it is not all plain sailing out of the mainstream of the ballet world and…

Celebrating Ninette de Valois - a conversation with Giannadrea Poesio

May 04, 2026 33m

In 2026 Voices of British Ballet is celebrating the life of Ninette de Valois, to mark the centenary of the Royal Ballet School, with a series of interviews and special episodes that illuminate her…

Robert Harrold

Apr 28, 2026 25m

It really does seem true that dancers in the difficult years of World War Two were happy to exist on the bare minimum. The common bond was that they all loved dancing and that appeared to keep them…

Roger Tully

Apr 20, 2026 21m

There is so much in this short interview to love and revere. Roger Tully was a legendary teacher, who was an inspiration to many dancers over many years. He had strong and very definite ideas about…

Kevin Richmond

Apr 13, 2026 16m

This interview is a reminder of how lucky we in Britain have been with our great choreographers – in this case Christopher Bruce. Talking to Deborah Weiss, dance writer, editor and former first…

Celebrating Ninette de Valois: Checkmate

Apr 06, 2026 40m

The second in our series of special episodes to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ninette de Valois’ Academy for Choregraphic Art in March 1926, and to mark 25 years since de Valois'…

Jill Tookey

Mar 30, 2026 28m

Jill Tookey, the founder of National Youth Ballet of Great Britain (NYB), in conversation here with Frank Freeman, explains how she set about it, and what her vision was. She gives a breathtaking…

Patricia Thorburn

Mar 24, 2026 16m

Here, Patricia Thorburn throws a little light on finding jobs with Patricia Linton, founder and director of Voices of British Ballet. The interview, which was recorded in 2003, is introduced by dance…

Irina Baronova

Mar 17, 2026 28m

What agony to hear this gorgeous, beguiling woman lament the lack of interest she feels was shown to her generation in passing on their knowledge and experience to the next. Irina Baronova’s no…

Rowena Jackson and Philip Chatfield

Mar 10, 2026 19m

This gorgeous couple, infectiously happy and loving and warm, not surprisingly became special “voices” for British ballet. They were stars of The Royal Ballet at a remarkable point of that company’s…

Celebrating Ninette de Valois: the founding of The Academy of Choregraphic Art

Mar 03, 2026 38m

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ninette de Valois’ Academy for Choregraphic Art in March 1926, and to mark 25 years since her death, Patricia Linton talks to Dr Anna Meadmore,…

Anne Heaton

Feb 24, 2026 22m

Anne Heaton’s career coincided with an upsurge in creative talent at the Sadler’s Wells Ballet. Observant and wide ranging she reflects on many things, not least the enigmatic choreographer, Andrée…

Darcey Bussell

Feb 17, 2026 31m

Darcey Bussell talks to the dance critic Alastair Macaulay about her graduation performance at The Royal Ballet School, her early career with both Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet,…

Henry Danton

Feb 10, 2026 24m

In this extract, poor Henry Danton always seems to be running behind his talent – that is until he met the wonderful ballet teacher, Vera Volkova. However, before this and often against the odds, he…

Jean Bedells

Feb 03, 2026 23m

Jean Bedells talks about the 1930s as if it was yesterday. Full of detail and feats of memory, we are given an idea of the sense of foreboding that descended when their artistic home, Sadler’s Wells,…

Dianne Richards

Jan 27, 2026 17m

Dianne Richards talks about skipping her dancing life, especially the start of London Festival (now English National) Ballet. Names from the world of Serge Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes, such as…

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Voices of British Ballet has published 70 episodes since March 2025.

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