{"product_id":"dancing-into-the-unknown-my-life-in-the-ballets-russes-and-beyond-hardcover","title":"Dancing into the Unknown: My Life in the Ballets Russes and Beyond - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTamarova Tchinarova Finch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTamara Tchinarova was born in Romania in\u003cbr\u003e 1919 and began her dance training in Paris\u003cbr\u003e with emigr  ballerinas from the Imperial\u003cbr\u003e Russian Ballet. She danced professionally\u003cbr\u003e in Europe with the touring Ballet Russes\u003cbr\u003e companies that emerged in the 1930s\u003cbr\u003e after the death of the entrepreneur Serge\u003cbr\u003e Diaghilev, and she went to Australia in\u003cbr\u003e 1936 with the Ballet Russes de Monte-\u003cbr\u003e Carlo, returning in 1938 with the Covent\u003cbr\u003e Garden Russian Ballet. In Australia during\u003cbr\u003e those first two tours by the Russian Ballet\u003cbr\u003e she made a strong impression as Action in\u003cbr\u003e Leonide Massine's first symphonic ballet\u003cbr\u003e Les Pr sages. She was also admired for her\u003cbr\u003e portrayal of Thamar in Michel Fokine's\u003cbr\u003e dramatic ballet, and was praised for her\u003cbr\u003e dancing in demi-character roles in ballets\u003cbr\u003e such as Le beau Danube.\u003cbr\u003e In 1939, at the conclusion of the Covent\u003cbr\u003e Garden Russian Ballet tour, along with\u003cbr\u003e a number of her colleagues, Tchinarova\u003cbr\u003e elected to stay in Australia where she met\u003cbr\u003e and married the actor Peter Finch and\u003cbr\u003e worked with him on a number of films\u003cbr\u003e before leaving Australia to make her home\u003cbr\u003e in London. But Finch had caught the eye of\u003cbr\u003e the glamorous actress Vivien Leigh, wife of\u003cbr\u003e Sir Laurence Olivier, and the love triangle\u003cbr\u003e that developed was to have devastating\u003cbr\u003e consequences.\u003cbr\u003e This fascinating autobiography highlights\u003cbr\u003e Tamara's remarkable life in Romania\u003cbr\u003e and her worldwide dancing career, the\u003cbr\u003e tempestuous marriage to Peter Finch and\u003cbr\u003e her involvement in his notorious affair with\u003cbr\u003e Leigh, through to her subsequent career as\u003cbr\u003e adviser and interpreter for many Russian ballet companies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48179638206712,"sku":"9781852731144","price":40.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/YytGOWV0cmtHSm80V05YaUpxTTBCUT09.webp?v=1775123428","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/dancing-into-the-unknown-my-life-in-the-ballets-russes-and-beyond-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}