Podcast » Joseph Horowitz
Joseph Horovitz explains that his early enthusiasm was for the visual arts, and that it was only from about the age of 19 that he turned seriously to music. After a degree at Oxford University, he...
companies » Colonel de Basil's Ballets Russes
Podcast » Leo Kersley
In this podcast, the dancer and teacher Leo Kersley discusses his formative years in London in the 1930s and the many different companies he eventually worked with during the Second World War,...
Podcast » Henry Danton
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,...
Podcast » Rowena Jackson and Philip Chatfield
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...