This book is about the life and career of the English born dancer, Joan Harris. She has had a most remarkable history working from a very early age in performances ranging from pantomime, musicals, film, and the classical repertory, later becoming ballet mistress, head of the ballet company at The Norwegian Opera House and eventually establishing the Norwegian Opera Ballet School - and to a certain extent as choreographer. She has been of vital importance to the evolution of dance in Norway. Joan, a very responsible, productive and ambitious lady, always demanded from others what she expected from herself. Monique Skavlan Sunderland is a professor of modern dance. She studied dance at Egon Weng's Ballet School and The Norwegian Opera Ballet School with further studies in Paris, London and New York. She teaches at Oslo National Academy of the Arts (since 1979) and leads the BA Contemporary Dance Course (from 2004). Her teaching is influenced by the Martha Graham technique, emphasizing p