S1 E3 Comfort Food
What shapes our cultural identity? Future Movement London talk to Rambert dancers Naya Lovell and Antonello Sangirardi and visit the home sign in of broadcast journalist Ben Hunte.
This film was made by and features:
Augustin Shaw
Estelle Sannoh
Hilary Senou
Chatchan Khabthong
Annabelle Montagu
Erhus Digba
Andria Digba
Rose Marie Stephenson
Dami Telefusi
Neithan Chua
Tallulah Miel
Savannah Wilson
Maria Mintah
Directed and edited by: Emily Badescu
Co-produced by: Chloe Young & Daniel Fulvio
Executive Producer: Helen Shute
Filmed by: Emily Badescu
Additional filming: Darryl Daniel
Drone filming Mike Rumsey
Camera Assistant: Acacia Daniel
Sound mix: Ben Sims
Colour grade: Lita Bosch
New York born Naya Lovell is magnetic as our Grace in Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby – but in real life, she’s just as captivating.
Discover her motivational force, what she’d be if she wasn’t a dancer – and what she thinks of the British weather in this dancer portrait.
On this episode of Super Humans, Ash Palmisciano and Max Day talk about having the courage and confidence to be themselves.
Ash Palmisciano is the first-ever transgender actor to appear on Emmerdale and his character Matty Barton is the first character written into the show to have transitioned. Watched by an average of 5 million people, Ash won the best Newcomer award at the 2018 Inside Soap Awards for his work on Britains hugely popular soap.
In this episode of Super Humans, Rambert dancer Brenda Lee Grech chats with dancer turned actor, Will Kemp. As a principal dancer with AMP, Will danced The Swan in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, before transitioning to a successful career in Hollywood, acting alongside the likes of Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale in Van Helsing, and Val Kilmer and Christian Slater in Mindhunters.
Here, Will and Brenda recount their journey into dance and dance training, which Will brilliantly describes as ‘the army in tights’. They talk about the confidence of youth (is it ignorance or arrogance, and why do we lose it?), the ‘Boys Dance Too’ movement, as well as the pressures of the professional dance world, particularly for women. It’s a conversation full of funny anecdotes, as well as vulnerability. How outside events impact the choices we make, the value of creativity during the adversity of adolescence, and finding inspiration in the day-to-day.
Notes for the listener:
Brenda mentions in the podcast the brilliant Helen McCrory, who she worked with on Peaky Blinders. This podcast was recorded before Helen’s sad passing, and our thoughts are with her family.
This podcast was recorded in one sitting, but you’ll notice Brenda’s microphone sound changes about ¾ of the way through due to her switching headphones.
S1 E2 Strength in Numbers
Future Movement meet youth activist Anita Okunde to hear her take on female empowerment. And Rambert dancers Aishwarya Raut and Seren Williams who share personal reflections on being women in their industry.
This film was made by and features:
Izzie Lord-Vayro
Iqra Begum
Janet Alao
Hannah Rana
Jenna Ashworth
Jess Pearce
Aamina Asad
Directed and edited by: Emily Badescu
Co-produced by: Chloe Young & Daniel Fulvio
Executive Producer: Helen Shute
Filmed by: Emily Badescu
Additional filming: Darryl Daniel
Drone filming Mike Rumsey
Camera Assistant: Acacia Daniel
Sound mix: Ben Sims
Colour grade: Lita Bosch
Future Movement is Rambert’s free creative youth programme for young people aged 16-19. This fresh collaboration takes place in three locations – Rambert South Bank, Touchstones Rochdale and Mansfield Palace Theatre.
Find out more about Girl Up Manchester @GirlUpManchester
We took Rambert dancer Guillaume out and about on the South Bank for a chat to find out how he arrived at Rambert and what makes him tick.
DoP – Tom Walder | Dan Löwenstein
Directed & Edited – Dan Löwenstein
In this Rambert Plus exclusive, Simon Sinek and Rambert dancer Simone explore a simple way to use your mentality to overcome nerves.
5 minutes long
Simon Sinek is an optimist and bestselling author of several books including The Infinite Game, Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last. He is working to build a world in which the vast majority of us will wake up feeling inspired, feel safe at work, and return home sign in fulfilled at the end of the day. His TED talk, ‘How Great Leaders Inspire Action’ is one of the most widely viewed of all time.
Image credit: Work Human
Dancer Naya speaks with Super Human guest, writer, journalist and unashamed clothes fanatic, Lauren Bravo.
Lauren’s latest book ‘How to Break Up with Fast Fashion’ was top of our Rambert book club last year, and inspired many of us to shop more sustainably and fall back in love with the wardrobe we already have. So we were massively excited to get her onto the podcast.
There’s a lot to unpack in this chat about our relationship with clothes and the cost that comes with it – but Lauren covers it all in a way that’s so compassionate, honest, and even self deprecating.
From the impact to the environment, sexism in the industry, greenwashing, and where does the buck actually stop? Plus some really useful tips and recourses on how to overhaul your habits, what to look for when you shop, and ultimately, break up with the toxic relationship that is fast fashion.
Calling all over-thinkers. Or perhaps you’ve suffered imposter syndrome…
In honour of International Day of Women & Girls in Science, 11 Feburary, this episode of our Super Humans podcast features soon-to-be Doctor of Neuroscience Julia Ravey in conversation with Rambert dancer Aishwarya Raut as they take a fascinating dive into how our brains work.
Julia is a neuroscience PhD researcher studying Alzheimer’s disease with a passion for making science understandable. Alongside from her vlogging and blogging, Julia has worked as television presenting, most recently for BBC Bitesize, and is a writer for a worldwide learning community, Kwik Learning.
Image credits: Aishwarya Raut by Camilla Greenwell
In this episode of the Super Humans podcast, Rambert dancer Edit Domoszlai and Film actress Romola Garai discuss their shared roots and what it takes to be a feminist in the entertainment industry.
For Edit, Romola was most recognisable for her turn (literally) in Dirty Dancing: Havan Nights, but you may know her from her starring roles in films such as Atonement, Amazing Grace and Suffragette, and television series Emma, The Crimson Petal and the White and The Hour. Recently Romola has taken to directing and her directorial debut feature film, Amulet, was released this year.
Outside of her career, Romola has been a vocal advocate for women’s rights in the entertainment industry, as well as the rights of parents returning to work. She is an ambassador for PiPA (Parents in Performing Arts), an organisation Rambert works in alignment with, and International Rescue Committee (IRC).