{"id":54740,"date":"2022-06-13T10:51:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T10:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/?p=54740"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:28:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:28:52","slug":"life-after-retiring-leanne-benjamin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/life-after-retiring-leanne-benjamin\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFE AFTER RETIRING: LEANNE BENJAMIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54741\" style=\"width: 2064px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Coppelia-rehearsal-with-Leanne-Benjamin-\u00a9-G-Kopie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2064\" height=\"1376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Coppelia-rehearsal-with-Leanne-Benjamin-\u00a9-G-Kopie.jpg 2064w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Coppelia-rehearsal-with-Leanne-Benjamin-\u00a9-G-Kopie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Coppelia-rehearsal-with-Leanne-Benjamin-\u00a9-G-Kopie-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Coppelia-rehearsal-with-Leanne-Benjamin-\u00a9-G-Kopie-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Coppelia-rehearsal-with-Leanne-Benjamin-\u00a9-G-Kopie-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Coppelia-rehearsal-with-Leanne-Benjamin-\u00a9-G-Kopie-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Coppelia-rehearsal-with-Leanne-Benjamin-\u00a9-G-Kopie-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2064px) 100vw, 2064px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201dCoppelia\u201c rehearsal \u00a9 Gavin Smart\/ROH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I ordered Leanne Benjamin\u2019s 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 \u2013 reading <em>Leanne Benjamin: Built for Ballet <\/em>brought back so many memories for me.<\/p>\n<p>I<div class=\"ihc-locker-wrap\"><div  class='ihc_locker_2'><div class='lock_content'><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Imagine_website_Digital_Exklusiv.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Weiterlesen mit Digital+<\/h2>\n<p>Alle Formate in einem ABO.<br \/>\nBequem auf Ihrem mobilen Endger\u00e4t Ihrer Wahl.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alle Artikel online lesen<\/li>\n<li>Zugang zum ePaper<\/li>\n<li>Zugang zum Online-Archiv von Dance for You<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Jetzt digital freischalten!<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class='lock_buttons'>\n  <!-- Login Form - Start -->\n  <div class=\"ihc-login-form-wrap ihc-login-template-11\">\n      <form method=\"post\" id=\"ihc_login_form\">\n          <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ihcaction\" value=\"login\" \/>\n          <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ihc_login_nonce\" value=\"6c52b67772\" \/>\n\n          \n                    <!-- Username field -->\n          <div class=\"impu-form-line-fr\">\n              <i class=\"fa-ihc fa-username-ihc\"><\/i>\n              <input type=\"text\" value=\"\" name=\"log\" id=\"iump_login_username\" placeholder=\"Username\"\/>\n          <\/div>\n          <!-- End of username field -->\n          \n                    <!-- Password field -->\n          <div class=\"impu-form-line-fr\">\n              <i class=\"fa-ihc fa-pass-ihc\"><\/i>\n              <input type=\"password\" value=\"\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"iump_login_password\" placeholder=\"Password\"\/>\n              <span  class=\"ihc-hide-login-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <!-- End of Password field -->\n          \n          \n          <!-- Remember me checkbox -->\n                    <div class=\"impu-remember-wrapper\">\n              <input type=\"checkbox\" value=\"forever\" name=\"rememberme\" class=\"impu-form-input-remember\" \/>\n              <span class=\"impu-form-label-remember\">Remember Me<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n                    <!-- End of remember me --->\n\n          <!-- Additional links -->\n                        <div class=\"impu-form-links-pass\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/lost-password\/\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/div>\n                    <!-- End of Aditional links -->\n\n          <div class=\"ihc-clear\"><\/div>\n\n          <!-- captcha -->\n                    <!-- end of captcha -->\n\n          <!-- Submit bttn -->\n                        <div class=\"impu-form-line-fr impu-form-submit\">\n                  <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Log In\" name=\"Submit\"  class=\"button button-primary button-large\"\/>\n              <\/div>\n                    <!-- End of Submit bttn -->\n\n          <!-- Social -->\n                    <!-- End of Social -->\n\n          <!-- Additional links -->\n                        <div class=\"impu-form-links\">\n                <div class=\"impu-form-links-reg\">Don&#039;t have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/register\/\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                        <!-- End of Aditional links -->\n\n      <\/form>\n  <\/div>\n\n  \n  <span class='ihc-js-login-data'\tdata-user_field='#iump_login_username' data-password_field='#iump_login_password' data-error_message='Please fill out all mandatory fields' ><\/span>\n  <!-- End of Login Form -->\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The superstar of the Royal Ballet rebuilt a life after retiring in 2013. 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