‘I didn’t really have a teenage life. I never went to bars. I never had anything like that. It was always dance.’ -  Shirley Ballas on ‘We need to talk’ podcast   The life of a dancer can be very demanding, balancing training, rehearsals and performances with a ‘normal’ everyday life. High dedication to their craft can sometimes blur the boundaries between personal identity and the demands of the dance world. This often results in struggles with identity, both within and outs

Dance and sport are contexts where individuals and groups perform, often to a high standard and under both internal and external...