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Ballet Book Shelf - Winter 2024
In 1981, after the wedding of the century, Anne Allan, a dancer, and ballet mistress with the London City Ballet, was offered an unusual assignment. Her Royal Highness Diana, the Princess of Wales, wanted dance lessons. Would Anne be her teacher?

Rebecca Thomas
Apr 202 min read
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Ballet Book Shelf - Summer 2024
A Body of Work is written in an engaging style, and Hallberg’s personality comes across vividly on every page.

Mark Smith
Nov 8, 20243 min read
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A Nutcracker Christmas
Christmas means only one thing for Ballet Companies around the world and that is the marathon that is Nutcracker season. I've had my own...

Rebecca Thomas
Dec 20, 20232 min read
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Ballet Book Shelf - Summer 2023
Pas de Don't is Chloe Angyal's debut novel, her first book Turning Pointe examined the racial, gender and class inequities within ballet...

Rebecca Thomas
Nov 30, 20233 min read
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Ballet Book Shelf - Remembering Lynn Seymour
Autobiography of Lynn Seymour CBE

Rebecca Thomas
Jun 11, 20231 min read
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Ballet Book Shelf - Winter 2022
Serenade by Toni Bentley At age seventeen, Toni Bentley was chosen by Balanchine, then in his final years, to join the New York City...

Rebecca Thomas
Apr 9, 20232 min read
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Ballet Book Shelf - Autumn 2022 - Royal Ballet Edition
This candid memoir opens a fascinating window on the emotive journey of a ballet mum, the mother of Yasmine Naghdi, Principal ballerina...

Rebecca Thomas
Jan 3, 20233 min read
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