Classical ballet is no longer the sole stimulus for today's audiences, as a fluid fusion of everything from ballet to Bollywood and from breakdancing to Latin represents how dance is consumed today. With the emergence of modern choreographers and new teaching styles, debate on the benefits of classical ballet training for non-classical dancers continues, even raising questions as to its relevance. The increasing academic interest in examining ballet's role is the focus of this book, published...

Amsterdam-based graphic designer Rop van Mierlo follows his lauded, self-published 'Wild Animals' with yet another book filled with colourful and cheerful paintings of animals. His wet-on-wet painting style results in amorphous, fuzzy shapes, but with skilful application these vibrant blobs are still recognisable as various wild and domesticated animals. His pigeon practically struts across the page, the bats sleep fitfully upside down, a fiery orange horse thunders through a white field, the...