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ETHICAL AGILITY IN DANCE: RETHINKING TECHNIQUE IN BRITISH CONTEMPORARY DANCE by Noyale Colin (Editor), Catherine Seago (Editor), Kathryn Stamp (Editor). 2024. Abingdon UK: Routledge. 331 pp. 6 b/w photos. Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies, 1st Edition. $180.00 hardcover, ISBN: 9780367628673. $52.95 paper, ISBN: 9780367628635. $47.69 e-book, ISBN: 9781003111146. doi: 10.4324/9781003111146.

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ETHICAL AGILITY IN DANCE: RETHINKING TECHNIQUE IN BRITISH CONTEMPORARY DANCE by Noyale Colin (Editor), Catherine Seago (Editor), Kathryn Stamp (Editor). 2024. Abingdon UK: Routledge. 331 pp. 6 b/w photos. Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies, 1st Edition. $180.00 hardcover, ISBN: 9780367628673. $52.95 paper, ISBN: 9780367628635. $47.69 e-book, ISBN: 9781003111146. doi: 10.4324/9781003111146.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2025

Vicky Spanovangelis*
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University of Winchester , UK

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