Today I’m learning how to be old from Jan Bolwell, a 74-year-old dancer and actor. For 25 years she has directed the Crows Feet Dance Collective, an amateur group of women who are dancing as we age. I asked Jan lots of nosy questions. You'll find out:

• her grounding in two opposite types of dance
• how to direct untrained older dancers
• dancing as you age with two hip replacements and a double mastectomy
• how audiences respond to older dancers on stage
• and the extraordinary story of how Crows Feet began.

Finally, I learned something very special about self-consciousness while talking to Jan. At the end of the interview, it’s a great tip for when you start to notice yourself getting older. And it’s got nothing to do with dancing.

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