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writers' guidelines PLEASE NOTE THAT AT THIS
TIME, CRITICALDANCE While CriticalDance publishes Ballet-Dance Magazine, we still encourage writers of all levels and backgrounds to contribute to our site and participate in the open discussions that take place in our forum. What Ballet-Dance Magazine is looking for. Ballet-Dance Magazine publishes reviews, features and/or interviews profiling people, companies and events in the dance world each month and is most interested in well-written articles from people who love dance. You need not be an “insider” or a long-time dance expert to write for us. We are, in fact, always on the look-out for new and interesting writers who bring a passionate point of view to their appreciation of dance. We favor articulate, thoughtful articles that capture or illuminate the world of dance and dance performance, whether it’s ballet or butoh. We also strive to cover a range of geographic areas and dance styles. Ballet and modern dance feature strongly, but we will be delighted to receive articles on Flamenco, Indian Dance, Musicals etc. We currently publish primarily in English, but also in French. How long should a submission be? Features and interviews can run anywhere from 700 to 3000 words and interviews from 700 to 1500 words, although we encourage first-time writers to submit articles that are shorter rather than longer. Ballet-Dance Magazine does not generally publish reviews received more than a month after the performance, but there are no limitations for features or interviews. How to propose an idea. We most warmly welcome brief pitches via email and also consider unsolicited submissions. In addition, you are always at liberty to post a review or article directly into one of our forums. When pitching us a article idea or a review, please consider the following:
If you are planning to submit an article but have not received a specific assignment from a Ballet-Dance Magazine editor, we ask that you please refrain from giving the impression that you are representing our site. You may use the CriticalDance/Ballet-Dance Magazine name only if you have a definite assignment and authorisation from us. Where an article should be sent. Submissions should be sent to as a Microsoft Word document. Please include in your correspondence your contact information and the email address to which you would like us to reply. We try to respond to submissions within one month. To the best of our ability given limited resources, we will inform you if your submission has been placed on the editorial queue for publication. The article will then be published approximately within a month. So that we can best handle your submissions, please indicate the nature of the submission in the e-mail subject line. For reviews, put the name of the company and date of performance in the name of the document. Also, please be sure to include the name of the company, the title(s) of the works reviewed, the date of the performance and the venue where it took place at the top of the page. Because our mostly volunteer staff is small, we ask all of our writers to verify their facts (names, dates, venues), check spelling and grammar and edit their work as much as is possible before submitting their final copy. Our Style Guide can be found here. Factual corrections and typographical errors can be amended after a piece has been published, however, any larger changes must be at the sole discretion of the editors. Who holds the copyrights? By submitting an article to CriticalDance or Ballet-Dance Magazine, you are giving us permission to publish your piece as a permanent part of our website, and we presume that you have the rights to offer us that work. If your article has been previously published, we ask that you let us know where, so that we can properly credit that publication as well. All copyrights, however, remain the author’s. CriticalDance and Ballet-Dance Magazine retain the rights to the web page of the article once it is published on Ballet-Dance Magazine.
MORE INFO: We welcome your comments and feedback. Please feel free to post to our forums. Please note that CriticalDance and Ballet-Dance are Web-only publications. We do not have centralized real-world offices, and so the best way to contact us is via email. To submit press releases, please post them in the forum or send them to If you have an article to submit, please post it in the forum or send it to You can also contact the editors at this e-mail address. Please send any photos to
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