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==Autobiography==
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|author=Gillian Lynne
|title=A Dancer in Wartime: One Girl's Journey from the Blitz to Sadler's Wells
|rating=4
|genre=Autobiography
|summary=
At eight years old, Gill Pyrke was driving her parents crazy, as she couldn't sit still and was nicknamed ''wriggle-bottom''. Her mum took her to see the family GP and told him in great detail how annoying she was. The doctor asked if he could talk to Gill alone and put on some music. She started to dance around and climbed on to his desk. He prescribed ballet classes. She started off in a Bromley dance class where one of her classmates was later to be the famous ballerina Beryl Grey. This story is lovely and funny, and has lots of elements of a dream story, yet is told in a very down to earth style which makes it very convincing. The same could be said of the whole of Gillian Lynne's memoir of her early years, starting out on a brilliant career in dance.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701185996</amazonuk>
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|author=Jermaine Jackson