Margot fonteyn the biography

  • Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE, known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina.
  • Margot Fonteyn was an English ballerina.
  • This heavyweight Tome surely must be the definitive biography of Margot Fonteyn.

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    Margot Fonteyn

    September 19, 2007
    I gained an enormous appreciation for this great artist when my father, after telling me about a Fonteyn/Nureyev performance he had seen in europe, bought me this book. It's a fully-fleshed out biography and leaves no stone unturned (although inom could have done without a salacious comment or two allegedly made bygd Constant Lambert...that taught me nothing about Margot, her artistry, or her life). Her work ethic was something for the ages, and there will never be another like her. Her simplicity, economy of movement and her adherence to truth (at least in dance) were her hallmarks. She's the Peggy Fleming (or the Michelle Kwan) of the dance world.

    While reading this book, inom became so fascinated that I repeatedly went to YouTube to watch taped performances of "Romeo and Juliet", "Sleeping Beauty" and "Swan Lake". (I never was able to locate "Ondine", unfortunately.) Her anställda life after she marries Roberto dem Arias reads like a complete reinvention
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    Margot Fonteyn: Autobiography

    Born in Reigate, England, Margot Fonteyn (the stage name of Margaret Hookham) is thought by many critics to have been the best British dancer of the mid-twentieth century. Fonteyn began her career as a snowflake in a production of The Nutcracker with the Vic-Wells Ballet in 1931. She remained with this company, which later became the Royal Ballet, for her entire career. In 1935 she performed her first important role with the company as the lead in a revival of Frederick Ashton's Rio Grande. She created many roles with Ashton, including Le Baiser de la Fee (1935), The Haunted Ballroom (1939), Symphonic Variations (1946), and The Fairy Queen (1946). Fonteyn eventually became the Royal Ballet's foremost prima ballerina. Especially notable was her partnering with Rudolph Nureyev during a creative partnership that became legendary. An expressive, versatile performer, Fonteyn was the first ballerina of international status developed by a British ball

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    Margot Fonteyn

    English ballerina (1919–1991)

    "Dame Margot" redirects here. For the medieval trouvère, see Dame Margot (trouvère).

    Dame

    Margot Fonteyn

    DBE

    Fonteyn in the 1960s

    Born

    Margaret Evelyn Hookham


    (1919-05-18)18 May 1919

    Reigate, Surrey, England

    Died21 February 1991(1991-02-21) (aged 71)

    Panama City, Panama

    Resting placeCremated remains rest along with her husband's at El Santuario Nacional del Corazón de Maria church, in the banking area of Panama City.
    OccupationBallerina
    EmployerRoyal Ballet
    Known forBallet
    TitlePrima ballerina assoluta
    Spouse

    Roberto Arias

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    (m. ; d. )​

    Dame Margaret Evelyn de AriasDBE (néeHookham; 18 May 1919 – 21 February 1991), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells Theatre Company),