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Marina Abramović on the moment the public put a loaded pistol in her hand
Tamara Rojo on first seeing a ballet class as a five-year-old
Jeremy Hutchinson on singing 'Roll out the barrel' with Lord Mountbatten
Ronald Searle on writing a note saying 'I've gone' and abandoning his old life
Virginia McKenna on her father keeping a snake called George and two bush babies
Gwyneth Jones on her father dying two hours before her scholarship acceptance letter arrived
Frederick Ashton on being riveted by Anna Pavlova's performance aged 13
Clifford Curzon on his first paid performance in a freezing Kennington church
Lennox Berkeley on Nadia Boulanger showing him what was missing in his music
Alfred Hitchcock on describing Psycho as 'a rather gentle horror picture'