Cats movement expert Sarah Dowling takes us inside cat school
Movement coach and choreographer Sarah Dowling joined q's Tom Power to talk about developing cat school, and what it was like teaching stars like Judi Dench, Taylor Swift and Idris Elba to prowl, nuzzle and purr.
How do you prepare to star in a film like Cats, the screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical? Well, the answer is simple: you go to cat school. Movement coach and choreographer Sarah Dowling joined q's Tom Power on the line from London to talk about developing cat school, studying feline behaviour, and teaching stars like Judi Dench, Taylor Swift and Idris Elba to prowl, nuzzle and purr. You can see Dowling's work in the new film Cats, which is in theatres now.
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