In prose sometimes sombre, often high-spirited, and always accessible and moving, Touching Feeling interrogates – through virtuoso readings of works by Henry James, J. L. Austin, Judith Butler, the psychologist Silvan Tomkins and others – emotion in many forms.

Dancing Modernism/Performing Politics is an important revision of the evolution of modern dance, discussing the often overlooked political dimension of modern dance.

In the book The Ignorant Schoolmaster, Jacques Rancière illustratively shows what teaching and explaining actually mean and who can be taught, who needs to be taught, and what an individual, a group, and ultimately society should learn.

The book The Student Dancer by Julia Buckroyd interrelates the areas of pedagogy, social work, counselling, and psychology in connection to teaching and learning of dance, explaining how these areas help understand the human dimension of dance education.