Margot fonteyns dance biography sample

  • Margot Fonteyn was an English ballerina.
  • Margot Fonteyn, a name synonymous with grace, elegance, and unparalleled artistry on the ballet stage, left an indelible mark on the world of dance.
  • This address to the London Ballet Circle was given on 20 May, 2019, at an event commemorating the centenary of Margot Fonteyn's birth.

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    Margot Fonteyn - a centenary address, 20 May, 2019

    Margot Fonteyn 

    This address to the London Ballet Circle was given on 20 May, 2019, at an event commemorating the centenary of Margot Fonteyn’s birth. I then chaired a panel discussion with Monica Mason, Merle Park, Alfreda Thorogood, Wayne Eagling, Donald MacLeary, and Peter Wright. I had just crossed the Atlantic the previous day, after living for twelve years in New York, working as chief dance critic to the “New York Times”.

     As I sat on my flight from New York to London yesterday, I thought “What on earth do I say to an audience that will contain people who saw Fonteyn long before I did?”  And now I look across and realise that our panel of dancers contains, among others, my first Romeo and my first Juliet: Donald MacLeary and Merle Park; my first Odette-Odile, Monica Mason; and others whose Fonteyn experience far surpasses mine. But here goes.

    Some of you might remember the 1979 Ashton television documentary in which Ashton spoke of Fonteyn: he said “She has the proportions of Venus and the mind of Minerva”.  I loved that courteous tribute to her.  He was seventy-five that year; she was sixty; he had worked with her since she was fifteen years old.  

     Just think of what he

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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), eventually being appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II.

    Beginning ballet lessons at the age of four, she studied in England and China, where her father was transferred for his work. Her training in Shanghai was with Russian expatriate dancer Georgy Goncharov, c

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