For the Love of Dance

Beryl Grey (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

2017
Oberon Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78682-097-6 (ISBN)

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Celebrating Dame Beryl's 90th birthday, this autobiography of a world-famous, pioneering classical ballerina reveals fascinating insights into the people, characters and institutions that made up world dance in the 20th century.

The autobiography of Dame Beryl Grey, now in paperback.

Dame Beryl’s life is defined by her love of dance. Both as a ballerina and an Artistic Director she helped make British ballet the powerhouse it is today. Knowing and working with virtually everyone in ballet, she reveals fascinating insights into the people, characters and institutions that made up world dance in the 20th century.

Grey began her dancing career with the Sadler’s Wells Ballet in 1943 at the unprecedented early age of 14. Her natural virtuosity saw her quickly promoted, dancing her first Giselle at 17, and Princess Aurora at 19. Dame Beryl was the first English ballerina to dance at the Bolshoi and the Kirov, as well as the Peking Ballet.

Asked to become Artistic Director of what is now English National Ballet, her love of dance allowed her to navigate the tricky passage from ballerina to leader of a dance company. Over ten years she transformed that Company with new dancers, new ballets, a new home and new audiences. Based on her letters and diaries, For the Love of Dance is an extraordinary tale of an extraordinary woman and a life given to her first love - dance.

Dame Beryl Grey joined Sadler's Wells Ballet in 1941 and subsequently became prima ballerina of the Royal Ballet. Leaving in 1957 to become a freelance dancer, she was the first Western ballerina to dance in Russia with the Bolshoi in 1957, and in China with Peking Ballet in 1964. Later she became Artistic Director of Festival (English National) Ballet from 1968 until 1979. On leaving English National Ballet, Dame Beryl remained intimately connected with the dance world, including service with the Royal Academy of Dance, Dance Council of Wales and Governor of the Royal Ballet. She was appointed a Dame Commander in 1988.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.07.2017
Zusatzinfo	3 colour and 50 bw illus
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
ISBN-10	1-78682-097-8 / 1786820978
ISBN-13	978-1-78682-097-6 / 9781786820976
Zustand	Neuware