Darcey Bussell: ‘If I hadn’t had dance, gosh, I don’t know where I’d be’

Ballet empowered Bussell who is determined to protect the industry and show how dance is the perfect wellbeing pill'

Darcey Bussell has never minded taking risks. That was true as a fearless dancer leaping into principal roles at the Royal Ballet at the age of 20; and it's just as true now when it comes to saving the art form she's passionate about.

The dance industry has been seriously hit by the pandemic shutdown, even now theatres are tentatively reopening. While larger companies have better weathered the storm, a lot of smaller companies will still struggle for another year or more," says Bussell. It isn't just a quick comeback, this is going to take many years and they still might not recover perfectly. We'll still lose talent."