A Dancer in Wartime

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?

ISBN 0701185996   Pages 304 ISBN13 9780701185992 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 404 Publisher Vintage   Published in London Imprint Chatto & Windus   Height (mm) 204 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 143 Publication date 03 Nov 2011   Spine width (mm) 27 DEWEY 792.8092   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

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