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A Dancer in Wartime: The touching true story of a young girl's journey from the Blitz to the Bright Lights

A Dancer in Wartime: The touching true story of a young girl's journey from the Blitz to the Bright Lights

A Dancer in Wartime: The touching true story of a young girl's journey from

A Dancer in Wartime: The touching true story of a young girl's journey from the Blitz to the Bright Lights

by Gillian Lynne

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Paperback / softback. New. Life was hard, but her talent and dedication shone through and an astonishing journey ensued, which saw Gillian dancing a triumphant debut in Swan Lake, performing in the West End with doodlebugs falling and touring a devastated Europe entertaining the troops.

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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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Title
A Dancer in Wartime: The touching true story of a young girl's journey from the Blitz to the Bright Lights
Author
Gillian Lynne
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ISBN 10
0099555778
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9780099555773
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Random House UK
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2012-12-17

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