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A ballerina of the last century,
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This review is from: Fanny Cerrito: The Life of a Romantic Ballerina (Paperback)
Ivor Guest is always reliable- the ballet historian of this century. Here, Mr. Guest has carefully researched the life of the Italian ballerina, Fanny Cerrito. She is probably most remembered as one of the ballerinas of that famous circus in London,(today we have the three tenors - basically the same kind of event) the "Pas de quatre" which the impressario Lumley got together. The others were Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi and Lucile Grahn. But Fanny played hard to get, "forever coquetting with one manager to exact higher terms from another". A most interesting book about ballet in the last century, amply illustrated. Mr. Guest tells her story in a vivid manner and it is very enjoyable reading, even for a person who is not primarily interested in ballet, but rather in history.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A ballerina of the last century,
By A Customer
This review is from: Fanny Cerrito: The Life of a Romantic Ballerina (Paperback)
Ivor Guest is always reliable- the ballet historian of this century. Here, Mr. Guest has carefully researched the life of the Italian ballerina, Fanny Cerrito. She is probably most remembered as one of the ballerinas of that famous circus in London,(today we have the three tenors - basically the same kind of event) the "Pas de quatre" which the impressario Lumley got together. The others were Marie Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi and Lucile Grahn. But Fanny played hard to get, "forever coquetting with one manager to exact higher terms from another". A most interesting book about ballet in the last century, amply illustrated. Mr. Guest tells her story in a vivid manner and it is very enjoyable reading, even for a person who is not primarily interested in ballet, but rather in history.
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