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Ballet Final

Episode 4 of 5

Talent search to find the first ever 麻豆社 Young Dancer. Five ballet dancers prepare two solos and a pas de deux for a place in the Grand Final at Sadler's Wells.

The 麻豆社 turns the spotlight on the UK's best young dancers with a nationwide talent search to find the first 麻豆社 Young Dancer. Dancers aged 16-20 were invited to enter one of four categories - ballet, contemporary, hip hop and South Asian dance.

Five talented ballet dancers compete in the last of the category finals, hoping to win a place on the main stage in the grand final at Sadler's Wells.

Mentors are enlisted to help the finalists prepare two contrasting solos and a pas de deux, and there's behind-the-scenes to their preparations in workshops and rehearsals in the run up to the performance at the Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport.

They face a panel of distinguished judges - Dominic Antonucci, ballet master at Birmingham Royal Ballet, Christopher Hampson, artistic director of Scottish Ballet, and judging across all four categories, Kenneth Tharp, chief executive of The Place, a leading centre for contemporary dance.

The ballet category finalists are: Paris Fitzpatrick, Jenny Hackwell, Sayaka Ishibashi, Hamish Scott and Archie Sullivan.

1 hour

Credits

Role Contributor
Series Editor Paul Bullock
Series Producer Anna Starkey
Producer Kate Church
Director Kate Church
Judge Dominic Antonucci
Judge Christopher Hampson
Judge Kenneth Tharp

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