Wednesday, August 8, 2012

August's Ballerina: Margot Fonteyn

Fact #1- Many think Margot Fonteyn to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of all time.
Fact #2- Margot was born Margaret Hookham.
Fact #3- She was made a dame in 1956 at the age of 37.

Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn Rehearsing Marguerite and Armand, England Fotografie-Druck

Margot and Rudolf in Birthday Offering
Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in Birthday Offering at Royal Opera House, photo Anthony Crickmay. London, UK, 1968


Dame Margot Fonteyn

Fonteyn as Odette in Swan Lake (photo: PA/CORBIS)
Dame Margot Fonteyn: Dame Margot Fonteyn

In Firebird (photo by Houston Rogers)
Margot Fonteyn in The Firebird, 1954






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