A Dancer in Wartime

Download or read book A Dancer in Wartime written by Gillian Lynne and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gillian Lynne is one of the world's pre-eminent choreographers, the groundbreaking creative force behind CATS and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. She began her career as a ballerina, learning 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...and then the call to join Sadler's Wells.