At just 19, Hannah Martin has already achieved remarkable things. In September 2021, the young ballet dancer won a medal in the RAD's flagship event, The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition. And before that, she was a top flight gymnast, the youngest official member of the England team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games when she was only 15. It is rare to shine in two disciplines at an elite level, competing with some of the very best international dancers and gymnasts. Now an apprentice with Birmingham Royal Ballet, Hannah discusses the similarities and differences between the different disciplines.

About Hannah Martin

Hannah Martin is an apprentice at Birmingham Royal Ballet, after graduating from Elmhurst Ballet School earlier in 2021. She was also a bronze medallist at The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2021, and won the London Ballet Circle Sir Peter Wright Performance Prize. She previously competed in rhythmic gymnastics for Team England in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia (as the youngest official member of the team), and reached the semi-finals of the BBC's The Greatest Dancer in 2020.

Find out more about the RAD's Fonteyn Competition: https://bit.ly/2RV9Qb7

Watch Hannah Martin's journey to The Fonteyn vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyXArRmOieE

Follow the RAD on social media, and join the conversation with host David Jays.

Instagram @royalacademyofdance

Facebook @RoyalAcademyofDance

Twitter @RADheadquarters

YouTube / royalacademydance

David Jays @mrdavidjays

Sign up to our mailing list: https://bit.ly/3frWPh9

RAD is an independent educational charity and does not receive regular government funding. Every penny we make goes back into the work we do. You can support us by either naming a seat as part of our Name A Seat Campaign: https://bit.ly/3fnxEwm or make a donation: https://bit.ly/3bxA6z5

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.