Ep 282 Ballet Moves / Canada's Longest-Sitting Female MP

Anne Maher, director and co-founder of The National Ballet of Ireland – Ballet Ireland, talks to Kathy about her career as a professional dancer, ballet's snooty image and her commitment to making her company less reliant on traditional ballet. She also talks about ballet's #MeToo moment, why there's no misogyny in her studio and Ballet Ireland's upcoming double-bill at the O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College, Dublin - Bold Moves & Lost.Later: Hedy Fry has been an MP in Canada since 1994, making her the longest-sitting woman in the country’s parliament. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, the Liberal Party politician was in Dublin recently to visit her old stomping ground at the Royal College of Surgeons, where she studied in the 1960s. She talks to our co-producer Jennifer Ryan about Ireland in the 1960s, Canada under Justin Trudeau and why she went from medicine into the "scuzzy business" of politics.Plus: Róisín and Kathy on the true meaning of Valentine's Day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.