Schooling the dancer: The evolution of an identity as a ballet dancer

Research in Dance Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-46

  Pickard, Angela ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ballet; body; Bourdieu; identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859478966     PISSN: 14647893     EISSN: 14701111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647893.2011.651119     Document Type: Article

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