Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
A Life in Dance
Description:... An Australian ballerina and a German dancer-choreographer meet while rehearsing with an American ballet company ahead of a European tour. This chance encounter sets the scene for a partnership where dance and travel are intrinsically combined. Christina Gallea and Alexander Roy joined several international ballet companies as principal dancers, working with leading players in the dance world, including Leonide Massine, Boris Kochno, Kurt Joos and Walter Gore. They then decided to follow an independent path, and founded and directed a unique ballet company with which they spent 25 years touring throughout the UK, as well as performing in 30 different countries world-wide.Christina's new book, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow A Life in Dance recounts the highs, lows and peculiar challenges of performing while touring the globe, performing in London, Paris, New York and Berlin as well North and South America, South East Asia and all over Europe. She also writes vividly of the ballet studios and famous teachers with whom both dancers studied in London and in Paris. Mixing personal anecdote with fascinating insights into an exciting period of dance history, from the post-war years right up to the year 2000, this lively account captures the spirit of this most transient of art forms.
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