If you love dance and love London, this book is for you! Larraine Nicholas takes us on a series of imaginary walks, leading us through London’s remarkable dance landscape during three years at the start of the 1950s. It was an exciting period that included the Festival of Britain and the Coronation, and dance was part of it; not just the big names, such as Sadler’s Wells Ballet and Ballet Rambert, but dozens of small companies, many now forgotten. A single footnote lists eight of the “better documented” groups, and some, even of these, only lasted a season. (more…)
December 17, 2013
Walking and dancing: three years of dance in London 1951–1953 by Larraine Nicholas – Maggie Watson reviews
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