Sound of The Fonteyn

The Fonteyn – the RAD’s prestigious international ballet competition – took place in person for the first time since 2019. The final was held at His Majesty’s Theatre, the opulent London theatre that is home to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera – and Dance Gazette was there to capture the evening in sound.

Sound of The Fonteyn

The Fonteyn – the RAD’s prestigious international ballet competition – took place in person for the first time since 2019. The final was held at His Majesty’s Theatre, the opulent London theatre that is home to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera – and Dance Gazette was there to capture the evening in sound.

Sarah Myles | features | Issue 8 - October 2023

The team behind Why Dance Matters, the RAD podcast, capture exactly how it felt to be part of the audience for the final of The Fonteyn 2023. We roam through the wings and around the foyers and auditorium at His Majesty’s Theatre, speaking to RAD staff and teachers, Endalyn T Outlaw (one of the coaches who prepared the dancers) – and also excited audience members from Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Australia and more, including proud parents and competitors from previous years. 

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Medallists and judges at The Fonteyn (left to right): Ed Cooley, Aaron Watkins, Dame Darcey Bussell, Jakob Wheway Hughes, Amanda Britton, Lucia Moore, Zai Calliste. Photo: Martin Bell

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Sarah Myles is an award winning podcast producer whose projects include Tan France’s Queer Icons, Are You Convinced from UK Youth and Why Dance Matters, the RAD podcast. 


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