She did Swan Lake on her 15th birthday, collaborated with the combustible Rudolf Nureyev and was the first westerner to perform with the Bolshoi. The dame reflects on a life in dance 'It's such a shame they moved Covent Garden market," says Dame Beryl Grey. "You used to go into the Opera House and you could smell the cabbages! It was wonderful," she smiles. This was in the 1940s and 50s, the early days of British bal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AM on July 18, 2019