Dame Darcey Bussell on whether she would return to Strictly Come Dancing
She said: “It’s quite a unique event – eight leading (ballet) companies and they’ve all said they’ll do it. At the time where there hasn’t been any performances it’s been so important to get audiences back into the theatre.” Dame Darcey studied at The Royal Ballet School from the age of 13 and went on to become the then youngest-ever principal dancer at the Royal Ballet in 1989 when she was 20. In 2006 she announced she was retiring as a principal ballerina and in June 2007 performed her last dance. She was made a Dame in the Queen’s 2018 New Year Honours list for her servic...