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"The Gramilano review sounds like a whitewash"

Not at all, it's from the very respected critic Jann Parry, who isn't given to whitewashing.
It also gets a rave review from Mike Dixon in Dance Europe.

Amazon's totally untrue claim that books will be taking months to arrive is their way of attempting to force the publishers to give them a bigger discount. If the publishers comply delivery time changes to a few days. In actual fact even print on demand titles only take a week.

A new book of major importance, a biography by Sarah Woodcock of the Royal Ballet's Michael Somes, a major figure in the company's development. It has already received rave reviews from Jann Parry (formerly The Observer's dance critic) and Mike Dixon in Dance Europe, who wrote 'Sarah Woodcock has done the world of dance a great service ... she has revealed Michael Somes to be the unacknowledged hero of The Royal Ballet ... it is a riveting read and an absolute must by.'

It's a 360 page hardback book with 40 illustrations costing £25. Available from any good bookshop or Amazon or ebay.

David Leonard,

Dance Books