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Ballet dancer Steven McRae: ‘My physique was considered normal – but I looked so ill’
The Royal Opera House was packed out on the night that Steven McRae heard his Achilles tendon snap. “DAH DUM,” he bellows, mimicking the sound with theatrical flourish, as he sits opposite me ...
Steven McRae: Dancing Back to the Light
Steven McRae, principal dancer with the world-renowned Royal Ballet, is 33 years old and at the pinnacle of his career when he severely damages his Achilles tendon in the middle of a show attended by ...
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The Royal Ballet’s Steven McRae: ‘I instantly thought: this is it, it’s all over’
‘Doi-unnck!” is the sound ­Steven McRae heard when his Achilles ­tendon snapped on stage at the Royal ­Opera House during a performance of Manon, back in ­October 2019. A principal dancer ...
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Steven McRae: Dancing Back to the Light
In October 2019, Steven McRae, acclaimed by critics as one of the most talented dancers of his generation and a ‘semi-god’ at the top of the ballet world, is in the middle of a live ...