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Josie d’Arby and Karim Zeroual present highlights from Dance Passion 2022, a UK-wide celebration of dance in all its forms, from ballet and contemporary to ballroom.

Filmed at five locations across the UK, Dance Passion 2022 features a diversity of performances from established companies and emerging talents at the forefront of the British dance scene together with specially commissioned short dance films.

Highlights include:

An extract from Birmingham Royal Ballet’s brand new production Don Quixote, filmed at the Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry.

Three innovative films that challenge audiences’ perceptions of how dance is captured.

A performance inspired by boxing legend Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight world champion, recorded at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds.

Simple Cypher’s exciting fusion of hip-hop and circus acrobatics, filmed at Theatre Royal Plymouth’s TR2 centre.

Cardiff-based National Dance Company Wales performing Ludo.

Ballet Black’s stunning Washa from Sadler’s Wells in London.

Dance Passion is a collaboration between ´óÏó´«Ã½ Arts and One Dance UK, and supported by Arts Council England.