Royal Ballet’s Joseph Sissens: ‘If we saturate the stage with dancers of colour, we can’t help but make a difference’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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“I started at seven — the kid at the back of the studio where my sister was dancing!” recalls Joseph Sissens, Principal dancer at The Royal Ballet, London, of his adorable introduction to the art form. Growing up in Hertfordshire, he also loved musicals. “I’d perform Wicked as all the roles!” the leader of the Fashion, Art & Design category of Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley laughs (see here for the full list of the 10 influential figures who made the Attitude 101 2025 Fashion, Art & Design list). “I wasn’t necessarily academically inclined [back then], but when you find an outlet, something you’re good at and love, that’s therapeutic… I threw myself into it and never looked back.” At eight, he was talent-spotted and won a scholarship to

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