Have Chignon-Will Travel
Author | : Elizabeth Dale Phillips |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2021-09-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781950385751 |
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In the mid-twentieth century, The Bluebell Girls-dancers known particularly for their height and glamorous appearance-were recognized and admired throughout much of the world. At any one time, troupes appeared on several continents in a multitude of venues: theaters, clubs, on TV, at the Lido in Paris and the Stardust in Las Vegas.In Have Chignon-Will Travel: Touring Italy with the Bluebell Girls 1960-61, Elizabeth Dale Phillips takes you with her on an incredible odyssey, starting out as a shorthand-typist in London who had never danced professionally, and metamorphosing into an elegant Bluebell Girl. She begins in Milan as a rookie dancer on a bare stage with seventeen other dancers, a pianist, a drummer and a choreographer. Over the next five exhausting weeks of rehearsals, she witnesses the creation of a polished show-a show in which over the next seven months, as a member of the company, she would tour every inch of Italy and Sicily.Elizabeth, now in her eighties, tells her story with both candor and humor. It's a tale of camaraderie and occasional strife, lots of glamour, even more hard work, and sometimes boredom, all while taking an excursion that most twenty-year-old women in 1960 could have only dreamed of.Blurb: "I had the incredible honor of interviewing Elizabeth Phillips on my podcast last year, when this book was still a work in progress. Now that it's out, it gives a wonderful glimpse into the past, when Bluebell Girls performed in touring companies in an era when foreign travel was rare. It gives us a peek into the glamorous lives of dancers traveling abroad. Her descriptions of backstage and onstage complications had me laughing out loud. Former Bluebells are thrilled that this book exists as it captures, with heart and humor, the wonderful lives that we all lived."-Sheri Lewis, Host of Bluebells Forever PodcastBluebell Girls performed in an era when foreign travel was rare. This peek into their glamorous lives had me laughing out loud. It captures, with heart and humor, our wonderful past lives.-Sheri Lewis, Host of Bluebells Forever Podcast