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Author of "Body of a Dancer" (Etruscan Press), Renée E. D’Aoust was trained on scholarship as a dancer at Pacific Northwest Ballet and later at the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance. Now as a writer, she has numerous publications and awards to her credit, including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism at American Dance Festival, support from the Puffin Foundation, and grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts. Anthology publications include "Reading Dance" (Pantheon), edited by Robert Gottlieb, "On Stage Alone" (University Press of Florida), edited by Claudia Gitelman and Barbara Palfy, and "Animal Companions, Animal Doctors, Animal People" (Ontario Veterinary College/Un ...more

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	Body of a Dancer 4.46 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rooted: The Best New Arboreal Nonfiction by Josh MacIvor-Andersen (Editor), Bill McKibben (Introduction), Renée E. D'Aoust (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Open Face Sandwich, 1 by Alan Bajandas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ariana Reines (Goodreads Author), Deb Olin Unferth (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curious Specimens by Wren Hanks (Editor), Beth Couture (Editor), Kristin Gulotta (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Stage Alone: Soloists and the Modern Dance Canon by Claudia Gitelman (Editor), Renée E. D'Aoust (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Barbara Palfy (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Companions, Animal Doctors, Animal People by Hilde Weisert (Editor), Elizabeth Arnold Stone (Editor), Lorna Crozer (Contributor) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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