Overview
Knowing and working with virtually everyone in dance, 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 1941 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. This autobiography
proves a fascinating and personal insight into and extraordinary woman,
her life and career.