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Is the BBC's young dancer competition a step too far? by Judith Mackrell

Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo and Akram Khan are onboard, and contemporary, hip-hop and South Asian dance are added to the usual ballet fare. But there are flaws in this conceptDoes the dance world need another competition? From the lofty heights of ballet prizes such as the Prix de Lausanne, to the busy international circuit of hip-hop competitions, to the scrum of celebrity judging, raw talent and audience manipulatio…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12PM on April 22, 2017

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