Academic publications
‘Ballet on the Saddle and Stage: Cosmopolitan Transnational Performance at Astley’s Amphitheatre,’ Eighteenth-Century Studies, vol. 57, no. 4 (2024): 453-78. DOI: 10.1353/ecs.2024.a931689
‘Hellgate, Cripplegate and Newgate: The Soubriquets of the 7th Earl of Barrymore and His Siblings,’ Notes and Queries, vol. 68, no. 3 (2021): 274-281. DOI: 10.1093/notesj/gjab099
‘Libertine Intrigues: Opera Girls in Eighteenth-Century British Discourse,’
Dance Research (Society of Dance Research, Edinburgh University Press),
vol. 37, no. 2 (2019): 239-256. DOI: 10.3366/drs.2019.0275
‘Representing Baccelli,’ Dance Chronicle 31, no. 1 (2008): 84-87.
DOI: 10.1080/01472520701860631
Fellowships
John M. Ward Fellowship in Dance and Music for the Theatre, Houghton Library,
Harvard University, USA 2020-21 [completed in May-June 2022].
Articles, blogs and interviews
‘Hypocrisy and Hyperbole with Oscar Wilde,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 12 September 2024.
‘A Titan of Theatrical Composition: Tchaikovsky and Swan Lake Part 3,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 22 November 2023.
‘The Essence of Ballet: Tchaikovsky and Swan Lake Part 2,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 25 October 2023.
‘Making Music: Tchaikovsky and Swan Lake,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 19 September 2023.
‘Cecchetti’s Lasting Legacy,’ Dance Australia, Issue 237, October-December 2022, 26-29.
‘Somersaults and Tabourines’, Harlequinade programme for the Australian Ballet, 2022.
‘The Nutcracker and the Snow Ballet,’ Dancing Times, December 2021.
‘Dancing in a Winter Wonderland,’ Nutcracker programme for the Australian Ballet, 2019.
‘Moving between Things,’ [interview article with Liam Scarlett], Dancing Times, August 2019.
‘Home and Rest’, Lac programme for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Australian tour 2019.
‘Forgotten Women Choreographers,’ Dance Australia, Issue 221, April-May 2019.
‘Lewis Carroll and Ballet,’ Behind Ballet [blog], January 2019.
https://australianballet.com.au/behind-ballet/lewis-carroll-and-ballet (access via Internet Archive)
‘The Man Behind the Myth,’ Spartacus programme for the Australian Ballet, 2018.
‘Spartacus in Australia,’ [interview article with Lucas Jervies], Dancing Times, September 2018.
‘Layers of Giselle,’ Giselle programme for the Australian Ballet, 2018.
‘The Rise of the Choreographer,’ Balletomane [The Australian Ballet subscriber magazine], Issue 11, 2018.
‘The Belle Epoque Dance Scene,’ Behind Ballet [blog], April 2018.
https://australianballet.com.au/behind-ballet/the-belle-epoque-dance-scene
(use hyperlinked title to view original format via Internet Archive)
‘A Fine Line: The risky business of ballet in gaslit theatres,’ Balletomane [The Australian Ballet subscriber magazine], Issue 10, 2018.
‘Enough About Lessons,’ Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland programme for the Australian Ballet, 2017.
‘The Taglioni of Horsewomen,’ Dancing Times, December 2016.
‘Madly, Truly,’ Nijinsky programme for the Australian Ballet, 2016.
‘Dancing in Drag,’ Coppelia programme for The Australian Ballet, 2016.
‘Learning from Beauty’ [interview article with David McAllister], Dancing Times, August 2015.
‘A Short History of Ballet,’ The Australian Ballet, online resource, 2015.
https://australianballet.com.au/ballet-101/short-history-of-ballet
(use hyperlinked title to view original format via Internet Archive)
‘Maina Gielgud’s Giselle: A Pedigree,’ Giselle programme for The Australian Ballet, 2015.
‘Risky Dancing,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 2 July 2015.
http://www.behindballet.com/risky-dancing (access via Internet Archive)
‘An Imperial Education,’ Imperial Suite [Ballet Imperial] progamme for The Australian Ballet, 2014.
‘A Bayadere in Paris,’ La Bayadere programme for The Australian Ballet, 2014.
‘Fallen Women,’ Manon programme for The Australian Ballet, 2014.
‘The sweets of The Nutcracker,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 25 September 2014.
http://www.behindballet.com/the-sweets-of-the-nutcracker (access via Internet Archive). Roll-over posting (2019) with missing photos here.
‘The Nutcracker Doll: A History,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 29 August 2014.
http://www.behindballet.com/the-nutcracker-doll-a-history (access via Internet Archive). Roll-over posting (2017) with missing photos here.
‘Exiled to Louisana,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 22 April 2014.
http://www.behindballet.com/exiled-to-louisiana (access via Internet Archive)
‘La Syl-fever,’ La Sylphide programme for The Australian Ballet, 2013.
‘Dancing in the Grave,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 31 October 2013.
http://www.behindballet.com/dancing-in-the-grave (access via Internet Archive)
‘Four ballerinas and a tea tray,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 30 September 2013.
http://www.behindballet.com/four-ballerinas-and-a-tea-tray (access via Internet Archive)
‘La Syl-fever,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 7 August 2013.
http://www.behindballet.com/la-syl-fever (access via Internet Archive)
‘The Wonderful World of Ballet Stamps,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 13 March 2013.
http://www.behindballet.com/the-wonderful-world-of-ballet-stamps (access via Internet Archive)
Roll-over posting (2018) with missing images here.
‘From the Shelf: The Ballet Goer’s Guide,’ Behind Ballet [blog], 9 January 2013.
http://www.behindballet.com/from-the-shelf-the-ballet-goers-guide (access via Internet Archive)
Arty Facts, six-part series of dancer biographies for Dance Australia, 2011.
‘Ballet Backlash,’ Dance Australia, Apr/May 2010: 36-40.