For the Love of Dance

The autobiography of Dame Beryl Grey, now in paperback. Dame Beryl's life is defined by her love...
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For the Love of Dance by Grey, Dame Beryl

For the Love of Dance

BD$54.90

For the Love of Dance

BD$54.90
Author: Dame Beryl Grey
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.

Author: Dame Beryl Grey
Publisher: Oberon Books
Published: 08/31/2018
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9781786824493

About the Author
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.


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