Why Dance Matters

David Jays

press@rad.org.uk

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Booking Overview

This is an interview podcast focused on dance, its personal and cultural impact, and conversations with established figures from dance and related creative fields. Suitable pitches include professional dancers, choreographers, artistic directors, dance educators, somatic practitioners, and authors with substantive dance-related work; booking difficulty is medium because guests are typically accomplished specialists with notable careers, affiliations, or projects.

Metrics

Episodes: 99

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 35.5k subscribers

Instagram: 176.0k followers

Contact Information

press@rad.org.uk

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Host

David Jays - Editor of Dance Gazette, the magazine of the Royal Academy of Dance, with expertise in dance writing and criticism.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Professional dancers, choreographers, artistic directors, dance educators, somatic practitioners, and authors with recognized expertise, notable company affiliations, major performances, leadership roles, or significant dance-related projects.
Required Achievements:  
Professional work with major dance companies, International performance or collaboration credits, Artistic direction or dance-education leadership, Published books or significant new creative projects, Recognition through competitions, fellowships, or established institutions

Recent Guest Discussions

Alexandra Beller - Embodied Experience, Movement, Self-trust, Curiosity, Choreography, Somatic Education, And Her New Book.

Charles "Lil Buck" Riley - His Journey From Memphis To The Global Stage, Cross-disciplinary Collaborations, And His Work With Zoonation On 1776.

Isabelle Brouwers - Ballet Advocacy, Dance Education, Reaching Young People And Wider Communities, And Her Leadership Of Yorkshire Ballet Seminars.

Recent Topics

Dance, Choreography, Ballet, Dance Education, Somatics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Why Dance Matters
:

Alexandra Beller: what does the body know?

July 15, 2026

The human body is a walking repository of human experience, its joys and terrors, surprises and exhilarations. Someone who knows how to tap into that embodied experience is Alexandra Beller – an American dancer, choreographer and somatic educator, whose new book explores how movement and our lived relationship to it can widen our capacity for self-trust and curiosity. Alexandra danced for several years with choreographer Bill T Jones and now creates work for theatre and dance, alongside her o...

Lil Buck: from Memphis to the world stage

June 10, 2026

No one moves like Charles “Lil Buck” Riley. The dancer, renowned for Memphis jookin’, has a breathtakingly fluid style which has led to collaborations in ballet, music, fashion and more. His latest project is part of the opening season at Oxford’s new arts centre: he is a Schwarzman Centre Cultural Fellow, and collaborating with ZooNation on 1776, a new piece marking 250 years of American independence. How does that make him reflect on America in 2026? And how does Lil Buck feel about a dance...

Isabelle Brouwers: sharing the dance

May 27, 2026

Isabelle Brouwers is an eloquent advocate for ballet and the way it can speak to young people, audiences and wider communities. She retired from English National Ballet earlier this year to become Artistic Director of Yorkshire Ballet Seminars, which offer opportunities to talented young dancers (the rollcall of past participants is impressive). Isabelle’s links with the RAD run deep: she took a Silver Medal at the Genée (now Fonteyn) International Ballet Competition and recently attained the...

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