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A passion for dance

Michelle Potter

A superbly presented book with striking images. A Passion for Dance explores current trends and major developments in Australian dance through a series of oral history interviews with well-known dancers, choreographers and producers including Maina Geilgud, Meryl Tankard, Paul Mercurio and Stanton Welch.

Michelle Potter is founder and editor of Australia’s dance journal Brolga. She has had a long involvement in Australian dance as performer, teacher, curator and critic.

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Reviews:

The book is a valuable record in the thinly populated field of Australian dance history ….

Sydney Morning Herald, 30 June 1997

Information on author:

Michelle Potter is one of Australia’s foremost dance commentators. A dance scholar with a doctorate in Art History and Dance History from the Australian National University, Michelle founded and edits Brolga: An Australian Journal about Dance, is a dance critic for the Canberra Times and Dance Australia, and has published numerous articles in dance journals in London and New York.

ISBN 0 642 10685 1
1997, pb, 240 x 280 mm, 180 pp, b&w illus.

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