Oti Mabuse's Dancing Legends - Choreographer Martin Schonberg

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Oti Mabuse, twice winner of Strictly Come Dancing, continues her journey looking at the dancers and choreographers who have made a huge impact on dance. In this episode, Oti meets her own personal dancing inspiration, ballet dancer Kitty Phetla.

Kitty is a highly acclaimed dancer and choreographer and famously performed The Dying Swan routine in front of Nelson Mandela.
For Kitty, it was the South African choreographer Martin Schonberg who has been her inspiration and dancing legend. Schonberg joined the esteemed Royal Ballet of Flanders company and then later founded the company Ballet Theatre Afrikan.

Iain MacDonald of the Joburg Ballet company helps to tell Schonberg’s story, and Oti tries out ballet moves in the dance studio with teacher Reena Bhattacharjee.

Presenter: Oti Mabuse
Producer: Candace Wilson
Production Team: Emily Knight and Rema Mukena
Editors: Kirsten Lass and Chris Ledgard
A BBC Audio Bristol production for BBC Radio 4

Published on Tuesday, 12th April 2022.

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