In the Presence of the Body: Theorizing Training, Injuries and Pain in Ballet

Dance Research Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 55-72

  Aalten, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84876446334     PISSN: 01497677     EISSN: 1940509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0149767700008561     Document Type: Article

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