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Ballet News is a professionally written website bringing you ballet insights, breaking news & backstage highlights straight from the stage.

Please feel free to contact me with any relevant queries or comments you may have. But, before you do, please read the notes below which have been designed following queries from other readers and may also help you (and me!)

Ballet photographs

If you would like to purchase copies of any of the images you see on Ballet News, this is the place to get in touch first (unauthorised reproduction of anything on the Ballet News website is an infringement of copyright and legal action may follow).

Ballet photographer recommendations

If you are looking for a really great ballet photographer then please get in touch and I will send you a recommendation based on your location, if I have one. Please include details of your timescale, and contact details so that I can pass them on to the photographer, who will then get in touch with you.

Ballet Classes

If you, or someone you know is interested in taking up ballet, for fun or vocationally, one of the best places to begin is with your local ballet company.  Ask whether they have knowledge of the local area and suitable classes – they may run summer school intensives/workshops and they should be able to help you in your search for the right kind of class.  You can also check the local paper and dance magazines as many teachers advertise in the relevant sections. Local knowledge is key here. Please feel free to contact me if none of the above help – there are always new classes springing up and it’s possible that I may have heard of something that would be useful to you.

Ballet product reviews

If you are writing to invite me to test/review/write about your product/s, please check the About Me page first, to ensure relevance. If you are sending me details of a classical ballet event, please specify your involvement (if any) and summarise all of the details (date/time/location/press contact etc) rather than sending a lot of links. I’m a journalist, very often working to short deadlines and I need to be able to quickly assess the information you’ve sent, so please be precise and piquant and make sure you’ve included the information I’ve asked for here without asking me to follow links.

Ballet News Exclusive illustration by Noemi Manalang

Ballet work experience & apprenticeships

I’m sorry but at the current time, Ballet NEWS is not offering apprenticeships or work experience. Check back when you can though!

Ballet auditions

Ballet News is not a performing ballet company.  There are no auditions or positions available for dancers.

Ballet research

If you want to use some of my content in a research paper, school essay or similar, please contact me with relevant details and include the purpose of the work, where it will be published, and exactly which content you want to use.  Including this information from the start avoids a lengthy email trail that may not lead to permission being granted.

Ballet Suggestions

If you have particular dancers/companies/classical ballet events etc, that you’d like to see featured on Ballet News, your suggestions are very welcome so please feel free to let me know if something or someone ballet-related has sparked your interest. If I’m not featuring your local professional ballet company or vocational school, and you want to read about them here, please ask their press office to contact me. As before, please explain your involvement (if any) because I’ll need to know your link with the company or person before I can consideit your suggestion.

Competitions

If you are entering a competition, please double-check the entry requirements and make sure you include them, as any that don’t match exactly will not be counted.

Replies

I do reply to all relevant messages as promptly as I can, usually within 12 hours, but due to the volume of messages I receive, I encourage you to use the search function on the website and to check the About Me page (link above).

If you would like a response, please make sure that your message is correctly addressed (check the About Me page if you aren’t sure) because it’s good manners and because on Ballet News I’m not interested in following the herd, so blanket requests aren’t going to be successful here, and please be sure to include a valid email address and then periodically check that a) your mailbox is not full (and therefore not accepting new messages) and b) check your spam folder, just in case. If you’ve followed these suggestions then I will reply, so if you can’t see it in your inbox, check your spam filter.

And one last tip – it’s always a good idea to think about what you can do for Ballet News, rather than just asking for something. What have you got to offer ?  Perhaps you are a photographer with a stunning location up your sleeve and want to work with me, or perhaps you want my help for something – in which case – think about what you can offer Ballet News!

Thank you for taking the time to write, & for your interest in Ballet News.

I look forward to hearing from you !

To re-cap briefly; if you’re about to send me a message, please make sure you’ve addressed it personally and that it is relevant to Ballet News. Once you’ve send it, check your spam filter if you are hoping for a response and once you’ve received it, save the email addy into your favourites/safe senders. (Unfortunately due to spammers I can’t make the email addy public on this website). Thank you.