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Rambert, Marie. Quicksilver. The Autobiography of Marie Rambert. First Edition. London, MacMillan, 1972. 16cm x 24cm. 231 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn - photographer and artist Keith Money. Dame Marie Rambert DBE (20 February 1888 – 12 June 1982) was a Polish-Jewish dancer and dance pedagogue who exerted a great influence on British ballet, both as a dancer and teacher. Born to a Russian mother and a Jewish-Polish father in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, she was originally named Cyvia Rambam. Her father and his siblings had to later change their last names for specific political reasons. Her father changed his to Ramberg, one of his brothers went to Rambert, and the last changed his name to Warszawski. Cyvia changed her name to Myriam Ramberg, and finally left it as Marie Rambert. In later years Marie was known to friends and dancers as Mim. She met her husband Ashley Dukes, a soldier on leave, at a dinner party in 1917. In Rambert's autobiography she says after four days of personal meetings, and seven months of correspondence we were married on 3 March 1918. This was done partly as a joke so that Dukes could get 4 weeks of extended leave instead of 2 days. Their marriage lasted 41 years, until he died in 1959, leaving behind Marie and their two girls Angela and Helena, whom they called Lulu. Rambert began her dance training in her schooling early on. Subjects like foreign languages and history seemed to come easy; however she was a restless child and ended up getting bad marks because of her endless movements during class. At one point in her early training her dance instructor stated that ‘In her, was the true spirit of dance. She was not impressed with the structure and performance of ballet, and was not drawn into dance as a passion until she became enth..