Royal Ballet performance will have a dancer who uses a wheelchair

Exclusive: former ballet student Joe Powell-Main will take part in a duet at Greenwich and Docklands festival

The Royal Ballet is staging a performance in which one of its dancers performs a duet with a disabled dancer, recognising that being inclusive is not just about diversity of race, but also about diversity of physical ability".

Joe Powell-Main, who uses a wheelchair and crutches to perform and describes himself as a differently abled dancer", will appear with the Royal Ballet dancer Isabel Lubach in a lyrical piece created for the Greenwich and Docklands festival next month.