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Mark Esau’s book, How Dance Saved My Life: Against Adversity
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An Islington dancer has published the story of his journey from apartheid Johannesburg to London.
Mark Esau’s book, How Dance Saved My Life: Against Adversity, recounts his childhood struggles with abuse and trauma and how he overcame them through ballroom dancing, which took him to London’s Pineapple Dance Studios.
“I wrote the book as a healing process to get through the trauma of my childhood,” said Mark. “And I also wrote the book for other children or other people who have been through the same thing as me. To let them know that they’re not alone.”