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Alexei Ratmansky with dancer Gudrun Bojesen. Photo by Soren Hartvig Nielsen.

Book review: ‘The Boy from Kyiv: Alexei Ratmansky’s Life in Ballet’ by Marina Harss

Book: The Boy from Kyiv: Alexei Ratmansky’s Life in Ballet.Author: Marina Harss, Macmillan Publishers, October 2023. Marina Harss’s The Boy from Kyiv:...

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‘Between longing and regret and feminist disdain’: Alice Robb on loving and leaving ballet

‘Three hundred thousand students train at the professional level every year, undeterred by the fact that just two percent will make it...

From the cover of David McAllister's 'Ballet Confidential'.

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David McAllister’s ‘Ballet Confidential: A personal behind-the-scenes guide’

This August, publisher Thames & Hudson brings us Ballet Confidential, an in-depth exploration of the gritty and glamorous world of professional ballet...

The Australian Ballet in John Cranko's 'Onegin'. Photo by Branco Gaica.

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Australian Dance Reviews

Book review: ‘Cranko: The man and his choreography’ by Ashley Killar

Book: Cranko: The man and his choreographyAuthor: Ashley Killar, Troubador Publishing, December 2022 Ashley Killar’s book, Cranko: The man and his choreography,...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Book review: ‘Falling Through Dance and Life’ by Emilyn Claid

Book: Falling Through Dance and LifeAuthor: Emilyn Claid, Bloomsbury Publishing, July 2022. Falling Through Dance and Life is a dense, medium sized...

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Dance Advice

Leanne Benjamin’s ‘Built for Ballet’: A look inside an extraordinary life and career

Leanne Benjamin’s autobiography with Sarah Crompton, Built for Ballet, reveals the extraordinary life and career of one of the world’s most important ballet...

Motionhouse dancers Berta Contijoch and Chris Knight. Photo by One Dance UK, Dani Bower Photography.

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Dance Advice

Dance excellence using psychology: Supporting talent with tools

Crowood Press has released an in-depth and practical guide to understanding how performance psychology can assist in dance. If you have ever...

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Dance Teacher Resources

‘Injury Prevention and Management for Dancers’: An excellent contribution to dance medicine

Injury Prevention and Management for Dancers is a new publication from Crowood Press. It integrates new science and research about physiology in...

From 'The Essential Guide to Jazz Dance'.

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Dance Advice

Out now: ‘The Essential Guide to Jazz Dance’

A new guide to jazz dance for the emerging practitioner came out this November, published by Crowood Press. The Essential Guide to Jazz...

From Kate Flatt's book, 'Choreography: Creating and Developing Dance for Performance'.

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Dance Advice

Dance as living material: Kate Flatt’s new book on choreography

Aspiring choreographers have a new resource: an introductory handbook on choreography by Kate Flatt. Flatt is a choreographer, movement director and teacher. She...