Alan Brissenden

Alan Brissenden has been commenting on Australian and international dance since 1950. He currently reviews and writes for the Australian, Dance Australia, the Adelaide Review and Radio Adelaide and edits Brolga, the scholarly journal of the Australian Dance Council (Ausdance). His publications include Shakespeare and the Dance and the Oxford World's Classics edition of Shakespeare's As You Like It as well as numerous essays in books, journals and reference books, including The International Encyclopedia of Dance and The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. An Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide, in 1996 Alan Brissenden was made a member of the Order of Australia for services to the arts.