For this film, Alan Yentob met the inspiring ‘Company of Elders’ in the first of the new series of BBC One’s Imagine strand, which aims to “capture the power of the arts and the people who have changed our way of looking at the world”.

The said Elders are just that with the performers in the group ranging in ages from a youthful 61 to a slightly less youthful but no less determined 85. We followed the intrepid pensioners through some of their eight weeks of practice as they built up to a performance at world-famous dance venue Sadler’s Wells.

Without doubt, the most obvious thing from the get go about these ladies and gentlemen was that they’re all committed and determined, even if they forget they are every now and again and need the occasional gentle reminder… Read more & comment »

Alan Yentob meets the inspiring Company of Elders in the first of the new series of BBC One’s Imagine strand, which aims to capture the power of the arts and the people who have changed our way of looking at the world.

The company are breathless and joints are aching – probably because the performers range in age from 61 to 85. They have only eight weeks to practice their pas de deux and arabesques in order to perform a new contemporary work at world-famous dance venue Sadler’s Wells.

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