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Kenya's Dance Discovery

Before the coronavirus lockdown, professional dancer Joel Kioko returned to his home city Nairobi, meeting dance students emerging from a thriving classical ballet scene in Kenya.

Professional dancer Joel Kioko, who was discovered in the slums of Nairobi, is about to graduate from the English National Ballet School. Before the coronavirus lockdown, he returned to his home city to play Romeo at the Kenyan National Theatre and met many of the young dance students also emerging from a thriving classical ballet scene in Kenya.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 31 Dec 202015:30GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 30 May 202001:30GMT
  • Sun 31 May 202004:30GMT
  • Sun 31 May 202019:30GMT
  • Mon 1 Jun 202001:30GMT
  • Wed 3 Jun 202000:30GMT
  • Boxing Day 202002:30GMT
  • Tue 29 Dec 202013:30GMT
  • Wed 30 Dec 202003:30GMT
  • Thu 31 Dec 202015:30GMT

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