by Gillian Lynne (Author), Gillian Lynne (Author)
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?
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 03 Nov 2011
ISBN 10: 0701185996
ISBN 13: 9780701185992
Book Overview: A unique memoir about ballet, the war and a peerless group of dancers