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Woman's Hour

Shirley Ballas, Curtis Pritchard, Sujata Banerjee

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Strictly’s back! It’s the 17th series and Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have rolled out the red carpet for the class of 2019. To celebrate, Woman’s Hour dedicates a programme to dance with Strictly head judge Shirley Ballas, Love Island participant and professional ballroom dancer Curtis Pritchard, Professor of Dance History Theresa Buckland from Roehampton University, Sujata Banerjee, a Kathak artist and educator and Ingrid Mackinnon, a choreographer who teaches jazz, ballet, modern & African dance. Jane asks whether it is ever too late to learn to dance, why dance can make you feel so good… and hosts a dancing lesson, live on air, accompanied by the musician Joe Stilgoe.

Presenter: Jane Garvey Interviewed guest: Shirley Ballas Interviewed guest: Curtis Pritchard Interviewed guest: Theresa Buckland Interviewed guest: Sujata Banerjee Interviewed guest: Ingrid Mackinnon Interviewed guest: Joe Stilgoe

Transcript

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0:00.0

Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

0:04.6

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:08.4

As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable

0:14.3

experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC

0:20.4

makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,

0:24.6

poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.

0:29.7

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected,

0:33.0

find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds.

0:36.1

Just before this BBC podcast gets underway,

0:38.6

here's something you may not know.

0:40.8

My name's Linda Davies, and I commissioned podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:44.4

As you'd expect at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality

0:49.0

featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.

0:54.4

What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things,

0:59.2

like pop stars, poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories.

1:04.4

And that's just a few examples.

1:06.3

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected,

1:09.4

find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

1:17.0

Hi, this is Jane Garvey and welcome to the Woman's Air Podcast.

1:20.0

It's Friday, September the 20th, 2019.

1:23.4

This was a fantastic, if I say so myself,

1:25.5

Friday program about the wonderful thing that is dance.

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