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Melanie Saward

Image of ballet shoes through a somewhat kaleidoscopic lens. (Image credit: Canva).

Misfit Ballet

Melanie Saward, Kill Your Darlings, November 2021

Just a bunch of people who love to dance but most of whom would feel out of place in a traditional ballet class. We joke and call ourselves the misfits.

Melanie Saward writes about finding a ballet studio in her thirties that accepts its students for who they are.

(Note: Thank you to Kill Your Darlings for granting temporary free access to Saward’s piece.)

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