Wrights & Wrongs by Peter Wright
The memoirs of dancer, producer and director Peter Wright, one of the foremost dance creators from the 1950s to todaystories and anecdotes come thick and fast, each bringing someone or some event to vivid life, all told in Peter Wrights easy going style Theres something interesting, or something to smile about, on almost every page..There are also two sets of excellent archive photographs. Highly recommended.' SeeingDance
Peter Wright made his debut as a dancer with Ballets Jooss during World War II. He created his first ballet, A Blue Rose, for Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet in 1957. Wright’s productions of the classics now feature in the repertories of companies around the world. In 1969 he joined The Royal Ballet as Associate to the Directors, later Associate Director. In 1990 Wright was presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award by the Royal Academy of Dance. In 1991 he was made a Fellow of the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music and received an Honorary Doctorate from London University. He was awarded a Knighthood (1993), an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Birmingham (1994), the De Valois Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance (2004) and the Centenary Award for Dance (2013). He is President of the Benesh Institute, a Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Dance and Patron of the London Ballet Circle.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781786821805 |
| ISBN 10 | 178682180X |
| Title | Wrights & Wrongs |
| Author | Peter Wright |
| Series | Oberon Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2018-01-31 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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