Ismene Brown

The bitchy world of ballet

Aged 90, the grand old man of ballet is delightfully indiscreet — about Nureyev (a thief), Moira Shearer (an annoying little madam) and that ‘old cow’ Dame Marie Rambert, among many others

issue 03 September 2016

  • Wrights and Wrongs: My Life in Dance

    Peter Wright, with Paul Arrowsmith

    Oberon, pp. 450

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