Introduction: Ballet Pedagogy for Contemporary Times, Adesola Akinleye (Texas Woman''s University) and Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel (Independent Scholar) Section I: Autonomy and well-being: the pedagogy of well being and dancing with ''whole-self'' Chapter 1: Identity, reconciliation, and belonging in the studio, Norma Sue Fisher-Stitt (York University) Chapter 2: On peace, joy and love ballet, Adesola Akinleye, Annalise Boydston & Emily Jensen (Texas Woman''s University) Chapter 3: ''My Purpose for Living'': An exploration of Indigenous Identities through Contemporary Ballet Pedagogy in Australia, Katy McKeown (University of Melbourne/Ngargee Youth Dance Chapter 4: On Transgressive Ballet Training, Jamie Dryburgh (Central School of Ballet) Chapter 5: On spirituality, teaching and ballet pedagogy, Christina Johnson (Independent) Chapter 6: Student agency and the ballet class, Jessica Zeller (Texas Christian University) Chapter 7: Masculinities'' in the ballet class, Jennifer McNamara (Mercyhurst University) and Doug Risner (Wayne State University) Chapter 8: Interview with Judy Smith (independent) Chapter 9: The ballet dichotomy of the 21st century - Teaching high performance and promoting diversity, inclusion and belonging, Clare Guss West (Independent) Section II: Embodied pedagogy: on the body as transmitter, archive, and expression of ballet pedagogy Chapter 10: Reflections on Practice and Theory: Ballet Pedagogy and Diverse Hearing Experiences, Kathryn Stamp (Coventry University), Alison Hartley (English National Ballet), and Anna Hartley (independent) Chapter 11: Something in the Way We Move: A Living Legacy in the Ballet Tradition Roger Tully (1928-2000), Jennifer Jackson, Nicholas Minns and Patrick Wood (Tully Collective) Chapter 12: Towards a Trans Futurity, William Byron (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Trinity Laban) Chapter 13: The Body as a Learning Archive: Gyrotonics: Interview with Lisa Marie Goodwin and Arianna Thompson (Gyrotnics and Gyrokinesis) Chapter 14: Interview with Joan Myers Brown (Philadanco) Chapter 15: Ballet as Multiple stories LatinX (inc.Understanding appropriation), TBC Chapter 16: Reciprocal exchange in the art of dance accompaniment, Phillip Feeney (Central School of Ballet) Chapter 17: Progressive Ballet Pedagogy for Early Years and Key Stage 1, Catherine Ingram (Canterbury Christchurch University) Chapter 18: Not Perfect, but Extraordinary: Moving Away from Perfectionism In and Out of the Ballet Studio, Ilana Goldman (Florida State University) Chapter 19: The Parent and the Teacher: Partnering for the Success of Ballet Students, Kindra Mitchell Dorsey and Monica Stevenson (Texas Woman''s University) Chapter 20: Watching The ''Pretty'' Ballerinas: Effects of Surveillance in Ballet Pedagogy, Tanya Berg (University of Toronto) Section III: On Sites/Sights of Ballet Chapter 21: Racial equity and ballet pedagogy in South Africa, Gerard Samuel (University of Cape Town) Chapter 22: Intersectionality and the Politics of Ballet in Higher Education, Anna J. Kimmel (George Washington University) Chapter 23: Dancing in the Limen: Art and Play and Ballet Pedagogy Molly Faulkner (Palomar College) and Julia Gleich (Gleich Dances) Chapter 24: Traditional Blind Dance Techniques Applied in Ballet Education, Krishna Washburn (Independent) Chapter 25: Feminist Ballet Pedagogy in Practice: Strategies for the Ballet Technique Class, Gretchen Alterowitz (UNC Charlotte) Chapter 26: Ethnorelativism in pedagogy: Changing attitudes towards ballet pedagogy in Aotearoa New Zealand, Kristie Mortimer (University of Auckland) Chapter 27: Black communities, Cleo Parker Robinson (Independent) Chapter 28: Ballet Pedagogies for Older Learners and Wellbeing, Sarah Platt (Independent, UK) Chapter 29: Heritage, Ballet and Authenticity: The Pedagogical Legacy of Native American Ballerina Yvonne Chouteau, Rebecca Herrin (University of Oklahoma) Section IV: Syllabi on ''Whys and Hows'' in Ballet Pedagogy Chapter 30: The Student Dancer''s Search For Home: Finding the Integration of Identity and Self, Melonie Person (Alvin Ailey School) Chapter 31: Dance Theatre of Harlem: Development of a pedagogy, Karel Shook, Arthur Mitchell, interview with Ineke Mason Rush and Iris Cloud Chapter 32: Ballet Matters: The Convergence and Divergence of Pedagogical Values in Dance Competition Culture and Postsecondary Dance Education, Karen Schupp (Arizona State University) Chapter 33: Ballet pedagogy in dance academies, (China) TBC Chapter 34: Dynamic Imagery Offers Functionality, Relevance, and Individuality in Ballet Pedagogy, Eric Franklin (Franklin Method) & Jennifer Weber (Utah Tech University) Chapter 35: Laurel Martyn''s pedagogy, Jane Andrewartha (Laurel Martyn Foundation, Australia) Chapter 36: TBC (improv) Chapter 37: On transgender and ballet pedagogy Melonie B. Murray (University of Utah) Chapter 38: Teaching ballet across contexts: community, competition and company, Charmaine Hunter (Orlando Ballet) Section V: ballet pedagogy as praxis Chapter 39: BarreLab: Embodying Change in the Ballet Studio, Paige Cunningham Caldarella (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Emily Stein (Columbia Chicago) Chapter 40: Poised to Learn: Re-framing Ballet Pedagogy for living with dis-ease, Tamara Zurvas (Queensland University of Technology) Chapter 41: Belonging and Pedagogy, Raymond Chai (Queen Mary University) Chapter 42: Shaping the Identity of Teachers and Pedagogical Innovation with Progressing Ballet Technique, Marie Walton-Mahon (Progressing Ballet Technique) Chapter 43: Black Queer Feminist Praxis and Ballet, Alyah Baker (Duke University) Chapter 44: ''Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance'' (Verna Myers): Ballet pedagogy and differently abled bodies, Joe Powell-Main (Independent) and Susan Cooper (Royal Academy of Dance) Chapter 45: Ballet Class as Embodied Lab: Co-creating Conditions for Cognizance, Elizabeth Johnson (Florida State University) with Luc Vanier (University of Utah) Chapter 46: Becoming a teacher of ballet: identity, pedagogy, praxis, Susie Crow (Ballet in Small Spaces) Final Chapter: (Image chapter) A look to the future: Ballet pedagogy lessons to be shared, Adesola Akinleye (Texas Woman''s University) and Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel (Independent Scholar) Index.