In Carol Bishop-Gwyn’s book The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca readers are able to grasp the true force of how the National […]
The Toronto Star: Shedding new light on Celia Franca
: Celia Franca made few close friends and plenty of enemies in her long career but she also managed to build a cultural institution, the […]
MaClean’s Review: The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca
Celia Franca, the founder and guiding light for 24 years (1951 to 1975) of the National Ballet of Canada, was—in a word—redoubtable. My dictionary defines […]
The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca, by Carol Bishop-Gwyn
If Celia Franca were alive to read this wonderfully candid book about her, no doubt she would hate it. The British-born founder of the National […]