Connotations are powerful things. Picture a ballroom dancer, and images of lavish evening wear and haughtily elevated chins spring gracefully to mind. Imagine a breakdancer, and a concrete scene ...

At the outset of her career, Invercargill-born future prima ballerina Rowena Jackson set a world record for spins on the same spot. They are more correctly termed fouettés sur place, and the young ...