De Valois, Ninette Come Dance with Me: A Memoir, 1898-1956.

Dublin, The Lilliput press, [1992].
8vo, 238 pp., ill.

In original pictorial wrappers.
In good condition, lightly rubbed, price sticker to back cover.

First published in 1957. First paperback edition.
In this memoir, prima ballerina, choreographer, and director of classical ballet Ninette de Valois (1898–2001) recounts her extraordinary journey through the world of dance. From her early memories of growing up in Ireland to her first London performance at the Lyceum pantomime in 1914, de Valois takes readers through the pivotal moments of her remarkable career. She reflects on touring Europe with Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes in 1923, her involvement with Dublin's Abbey Theatre in the late 1920s, and her influential work with the Old Vic and Sadler’s Wells in the 1930s.
Her travels extended to Yugoslavia and Turkey, where she established a ballet school in 1947, culminating in the founding of The Royal Ballet in 1956. This memoir brings to life her encounters with key cultural figures such as W.B. Yeats, Lennox Robinson, Oliver St. John Gogarty, Tyrone Guthrie, Lilian Baylis, Margot Fonteyn, Lydia Lopokova, Frederick Ashton, and Constant Lambert.