"Cinzia" Bonada née Cynthia Boyd adopted the Italian pseudonym whilst dancing in Italy. She trained as a classical dancer at the Bush Davies School, East Grinstead winning the Adeline Genee Medal in 1955 before joining the Royal Ballet School. Was rather tall for ballet but happily danced on the continent for some years before meeting her future husband Johnny Bonada(Chef D̛̛orchestre at Sporting Club, Monte Carlo). She became a full time painter when the family(with addition of three children) Laura, Jenny and John came to live in England. Painted once a week with Charles Fowler in Richmond, undertaking many portrait…
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