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Julie Shanahan on dancing in her 50s and life beyond Pina Bausch by Steve Dow

Adelaide's Shanahan comes full circle, returning to her home town with Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal after first seeing them perform there in 1982Classically trained, willowy Adelaide-born dancer Julie Shanahan loved her art, and had completed her ballet exams at 17. But for several years she had been aware she didn't fit the ballet mould: she was too tall. Related: Everything happens in Adelaide in March " our…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49PM on March 3, 2016

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