BBC Arts on Instagram: "It's time to dance, but... “what if I actually can't dance anymore?” Royal Ballet principal dancer Steven McRae experienced the 'worst injury a dancer can have' when his Achilles snapped on stage at a packed Royal Opera House. Having never stepped foot inside a gym before his injury, his head telling him, "the gym will make you bulky... the gym is not for dancers", McRae dedicated himself to a gruelling rehab programme. @steph7carrel's remarkable film, Dancing Back to the
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It's time to dance, but... “what if I actually can't dance anymore?” Royal Ballet principal dancer Steven McRae experienced the 'worst injury a dancer can have' when his Achilles snapped on stage at a packed Royal Opera House. Having never stepped foot inside a gym before his injury, his head telling him, "the gym will make you bulky... the gym is not for dancers", McRae dedicated himself to a gruelling rehab programme. Stéphane Carrel's remarkable film, Dancing Back to the Light, is an honest a
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BBC Arts on Instagram: "“I need the profession to change.” Royal Ballet principal dancer Steven McRae snapped his Achilles while performing at a packed Royal Opera House in 2019. Here, he talks to his surgeon, James Calder OBE, about the pressures of being a ballet professional. McRae's injury, which as Calder notes ends the careers of 25% of NBA basketball pros who suffer it, and the rehab that followed gave him new insights into training, rest and performance. He would like to see a cultural c
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“I need the profession to change.” Royal Ballet principal dancer Steven McRae snapped his Achilles while performing at a packed Royal Opera House in 2019. Here, he talks to his surgeon, James Calder OBE, about the pressures of being a ballet professional. McRae's injury, which as Calder notes ends the careers of 25% of NBA basketball pros who suffer it, and the rehab that followed gave him new insights into training, rest and performance. He would like to see a cultural change so that dancers ar
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“My Achilles snapped on stage. I was there thinking, 'That's it. Career finished.'” Steven McRae, who has been called “the modern-day Fred Astaire” (he is also a brilliant tap dancer), is the Australian-born Royal Ballet principal dancer who experienced the ‘worst injury a dancer can have’ while performing the classical ballet Manon at a packed Royal Opera House in 2019. Stéphane Carrel's remarkable film, Dancing Back to the Light, is an honest account of McRae's struggle to return to ballet. It
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“My Achilles snapped on stage. I was there thinking, ‘That's it. Career finished.’” Steven McRae is the Royal Ballet principal dancer who experienced the ‘worst injury a dancer can have’ while performing Manon at a packed Royal Opera House in 2019. With the support of his family, and a dedicated medical and rehab team, he puts old habits behind him and asks the ultimate question for a dancer - “Are we artists or athletes?” The BBC Arena film Dancing Back to the Light by French film-maker Stéphan
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