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Book of the Month/November 2018 - Cut & Assemble Ballet Toy Theatre by Tom Tierney
Well, more of a project than a book this month, but as Ballet Companies around the world are preparing for the marathon that is...

Rebecca Thomas
Dec 12, 20181 min read


Book of the Month/October 2018 - I Put a Spell on You by Wendy Buonaventura
Firstly, apologies for the absence of September's Book and Film of the Month, this was due to technical problems, which have now be...

Rebecca Thomas
Nov 2, 20181 min read


Film of the Month/August 2018 - The Turning Point
The Turning Point is a 1977 film directed by Herbert Ross, it was nominated for 11 Academy Awards but came away empty handed (a record it...

Rebecca Thomas
Oct 1, 20181 min read


Book of the Month/August 2018 - Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
"Étonnez-moi" Diaghilev would insist to his company.....'Astonish me'. Maggie Shipstead's novel spans three decades and is told from...

Rebecca Thomas
Oct 1, 20181 min read


Book of the Month/June 2018 - Private View: Inside Baryshnikov's ABT by John Fraser and Eve Arnold
During a period of thirteen months from August 1986 to September 1987, John Fraser was given unlimited access to ABT and this is a...

Rebecca Thomas
Jul 3, 20181 min read


Film of the Month/April 2018 - Akram Khan's 'Giselle'
Akram Khan's much talked about 'reimagining' of the 19th century classic 'Giselle' for English National Ballet. 'Giselle' is often...

Rebecca Thomas
May 17, 20182 min read


Book of the Month/April 2018 - The Everyday Dancer by Deborah Bull
Deborah Bull joined The Royal Ballet School at the age of eleven, graduating into the company in 1981; over the next twenty years she...

Rebecca Thomas
May 17, 20181 min read
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