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A Dancer in Wartime  -  One Girl's Journey from the Blitz to Sadler's Wells

A Dancer in Wartime - One Girl's Journey from the Blitz to Sadler's Wells

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A Dancer in Wartime - One Girl's Journey from the Blitz to Sadler's Wells

by Lynne, Gillian

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ISBN 13
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London: Chatto and Windus, 2011. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 292 pages. Gillian Lynne is one of the world's pre-eminent choreographers, the groundbreaking creative force behind blockbusters such as Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. But she started her career as a ballerina, and learnt to dance alongside Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Beryl Grey and Frederick Ashton during the Second World War. A Dancer in Wartime tells the story of Gillian's extraordinary childhood. From Miss Madeleine Sharp's Ballet Class for Young Ladies in Bromley, to being evacuated with her theatre school to rural Leicestershire; from performing in the West End with doodlebugs falling to touring a devastated Europe, the early years were hard, exciting and dramatic. And when the call came to join Sadler's Wells - well, what ballerina hopeful could have asked for more? D4A. First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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GILLIAN LYNNE is a British ballerina, dancer, actor, theatre director, television director and choreographer, best known for her iconic choreography of Cats and Phantom of the Opera . She was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1926. At the age of ten she won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dancing, after which she joined the Cone Ripman School before being selected to join Molly Lake's Ballet Guild and Ninette de Valois's Sadler's Wells. As part of what would soon become the Royal Ballet, she was renowned for her portrayal of the Black Queen in de Valois's Checkmate, Queen of the Wilis in Giselle and in roles created for her by Frederick Ashton and Robert Helpmann. Her film, television and stage credits include many long-running West End and Broadway shows, productions for the RSC and English National Opera and The Muppets . She continues to produce television, film and stage productions and lives in London

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
A Dancer in Wartime - One Girl's Journey from the Blitz to Sadler's Wells
Author
Lynne, Gillian
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
New As New
Jacket Condition
As New
Edition
First
ISBN 10
0701185996
ISBN 13
9780701185992
Publisher
Chatto and Windus
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2011
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords
ENGLISH BALLERINA
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Ballet / Dance;

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