LIFE AFTER RETIRING: LEANNE BENJAMIN

The superstar of the Royal Ballet rebuilt a life after retiring in 2013. She studied architectural design, started coaching and became Vice-Chair of the Governors of the Royal Ballet Companies. Here Leanne Benjamin talks to Alessandro Bizzotto about it all: her toughest coaches, her reputation as a strong personality, the autobiography she decided to write, and why for her, it was always only ever about the performance. A long and entertaining chat with one of the greatest ballerinas ever.

I ordered Leanne Benjamin’s autobiography via Amazon not long ago. It took a couple of days to arrive and a very few weeks to read it, even though I could have read it even more quickly. It was a thrill to find out so many things about an artist I have always loved – reading Leanne Benjamin: Built for Ballet brought back so many memories for me.

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