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Come Dance With Me: A Memoir 1898-1956
Ninette de Valois
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Description for Come Dance With Me: A Memoir 1898-1956
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ASDL; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384. 8vo. Nice copy. Ireland in the 20th century
In this compelling memoir, first published in 1957 and now appearing in this updated paperback edition, prima ballerina Ninette de Valois writes about her extraordinary career: the vivid memories of her home in Ireland; her first London engagement at the Lyceum pantomime in 1914; her tour of the Continent with Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes in 1923; her time with the Abbey Theatre in the late 1920s, and the Old Vic and Sadler’s Wells in the 1930s; her travels in Yugoslavia and Turkey, where she established a ballet school in 1947 and her founding of The Royal Ballet in 1956. ... Read more
In this compelling memoir, first published in 1957 and now appearing in this updated paperback edition, prima ballerina Ninette de Valois writes about her extraordinary career: the vivid memories of her home in Ireland; her first London engagement at the Lyceum pantomime in 1914; her tour of the Continent with Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes in 1923; her time with the Abbey Theatre in the late 1920s, and the Old Vic and Sadler’s Wells in the 1930s; her travels in Yugoslavia and Turkey, where she established a ballet school in 1947 and her founding of The Royal Ballet in 1956. ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780946640621
SKU
KEX0292075
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ninette de Valois
Widely regarded as one of the foremost figures in the history of ballet and the ‘godmother’ of English and Irish ballet, Dame Ninette de Valois was born Edris Stannus in County Wicklow in 1898. She died in March 2001 at her London home.
Reviews for Come Dance With Me: A Memoir 1898-1956
[An] enchanting autobiography’ THE GUARDIAN