The dancer breaking Royal ballet stereotypes with hip-hop

A Royal Ballet choreographer who fell into dance by accident after getting into trouble at school is using hip-hop to open up the institution to wider communities.

Joseph Toonga, who grew up in London's East End, hopes to break traditional stereotypes associated with ballet.

Being from a non-traditional dance background he said he was surprised to get given the opportunity at the world-famous ballet company.

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