Dance Crazy: Star Turns from Ballet to Belly Dancing

by Natalie Jane Prior

A collection of stories about modern dance goes behind the scenes at the Queensland Ballet, looks at events in the careers of such dancers as Fred Astaire, Isadora Duncan, and Anna Pavlova, and examines the origins of dance crazes

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Prior was born in 1963 in Brisbane, Australia, where she also currently lives with her husband and daughter. Her first fiction book, 'The Amazing Adventures of Amabel', was published in 1990 and her internationally successful children's fantasy series, 'Lily Quench', has been published in more than twenty countries. Prior's work has been a finalist at the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards as well as being honoured and named as notable. Her work, 'Fireworks and Darkness', won the 2003 Davitt Awards for best young-adult novel and her work, 'Lily Quench and the Lighthouse of Skellig Mor' won the 2003 Aurealis Award for best children's short fiction. She has also been nominated for an Aurealis Award on three other occasions for best short fiction, long fiction and young-adult novel.