Dance For Two

by Jean Ure

191 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1960

About the author

Prolific English children and young adult author.

Had her first book published while still in high school, then studied theater at Webber-Douglas in London. Her most well-known work is the Point Crime novel Dance with Death. Others include Plague 99, After the Plague (previously "Come Lucky April"), Big Tom, Family Fan Club and Shrinking Violet, as well as the fantasy The Wizard In the Woods.

Today, Ure is very popular with British female teenage readers with novels such as Shrinking Violet, Family Fan Club and Passion Flower.

Ure has also translated Danish writer Sven Hassel's WWII novels to English.

Reviews

[Louise Culmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Colleen is very reluctant to go on the school outing to the ballet, she is convinced she will find ballet boring, but in fact she is enraptured by it, and nothing will do for her but to have ballet lessons. Her parents think it I’ll be just a passing phase, like her other past enthusiasms, but she sticks to this one,determined to become a professional dancer Meanwhile Noel, a Belgian boy who is living with his English uncle and aunt, has great difficulty persuading them to let him continue with ballet, which they don’t see as a usual boys pursuit. It is only a matter of time before these two meet, and quickly establish a rapport. But of course there are difficulties to be overcome before they achieve their dream. This is a very enjoyable ballet story with a delightful hero and heroine, remarkably it was published while Jean Ure was still at school herself. The original edition has delightful illustrations by Richard Kennedy which are missing from the 1984 reissue, which also has a slightly updated text.

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

Typical ballet/romance story, but Jean Ure is a favourite of mine when it comes to her dancing stories.