Radio 4 ‘Great Lives’ Ninette de Valois 7thSept 11.30am & on BBC Sounds

[Peanut68]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q69s

 

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[Rob S]

Listened to it on my walk in the Wye Valley yesterday afternoon...an entertaining half hour, and I will live by her mid class instruction 'any port de bras you like' 😄 

[alison]

Thanks, peanut, I'd been meaning to add that it was being repeated today 

[Peanut68]

Ah ha - didn’t know it was a repeat! A friend had kindly alerted me to it! I love this Great Lives series where you gain often such intimate insights into people from ancient & recent history! This was such a lovely listen! 

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[Ondine]

Recommended to Diaghilev by Maestro Cecchetti, her teacher.

 

This is fascinating, I'm not guaranteeing how much is fact and how much is fiction, but certainly an entertaining read about her mother the glassmaker.

 

The Ballerina, Her Mother And The Genteel Art of Forgery.

* This story is perhaps my most obscure yet. But the idea of  a genteel daughter of the Anglo-Irish peerage pulling off one of the most brazen art-frauds of the early 20th century appeals to me. Also, the fact that her daughter was the great, ferocious Doyenne of modern English ballet - Dame Ninette De Valois also adds a bit of colour. I really think Ealing Studios, or perhaps P.G. Woodehouse could have had a lot of fun with this one .........

 

http://josefoshea.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-ballerina-her-mother-and-genteel.html

 

 

 

[Peanut68]

Ha ha - that was an interesting read!!