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The article offers information related to the dance education program Dancing De Valois: Teaching The 1947 Syllabus, created in collaboration with The Royal Ballet School (RBS) and funded by the Linbury Trust, and filmed at University of Roehampton by Hugo Glendinning in which second-year students embodying and interpreting the dance syllabus devised by Ninette de Valois in 1947.

The author discusses the significance of conducting research regarding ballet. She points out that it is a subject sadly neglected by academia and as a consequence, far more is known concerning the other fields of dance. She claims that knowledge increases freedom rather than prohibits it and by giving such information, researchers will be able to assist dancers make informed interpretative choices.