August's Ballerina: Margot Fonteyn

Fact #1- The cause of Margot's death was cancer.
Fact #2- Fonteyn was 19 years older than her famous partner Nureyev.

Margot Fonteyn

(photo by Houston Rogers)

Nureyev and Fonteyn



Margot



Margot and Rudolf in Frederick Ashton's Marguerite and Armand

(Victoria and Albert Museum/ V&A Prints)

Margot

New York City Ballet (NYCB) - Part 2

In part 2 of my series I will write 3 facts about the company, and I will post pictures and a couple facts about 5 of the principal dancers, and 2 of the soloists.


Fact #1- The official school of NYCB is The School of American Ballet.
Fact #2- NYCB is the only ballet company in America with its own permanent costume shop.
Fact #3- Peter Martins is the Ballet Master for NYCB.


Principal Dancer
Name: Megan Fairchild
Born in: Salt Lake City, Utah
When she started ballet: 4 yrs.
Principal dancer since: January 2005

(photo by Henry Leutwyler) (sorry this picture is bigger than the others)


Principal Dancer
Name: Jonathan Stafford
Born in: Carlisle, Pennsylvania
When he started ballet: 8 yrs.
Principal dancer since: May 2007


(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Principal Dancer
Name: Ana Sophia Scheller
Born in: Buenos Aires, Argentina
When she started ballet: 6 yrs.
Principal dancer since: May 2012

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Principal Dancer
Name: Daniel Ulbricht
Born in: St. Petersburg, Florida
When he started ballet: 11 yrs.
Principal dancer since: May 2007

(photo by Henry Leutwyler) (sorry this picture is bigger than the others)


Principal Dancer
Name: Jenifer Ringer
Born in: New Bern, North Carolina
When she started ballet: 10 yrs.
Principal dancer since: spring 2000

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Soloist
Name: Erica Pereira
Born in: Northport, New York
When she started ballet: 8 yrs.
Soloist since: December 2009

(I think this photo is by Paul Kolnik)


Soloist
Name: Chase Finlay
Born in: Fairfield, Connecticut
When he started ballet: 8 yrs.
Soloist since: July 2011

(I think this photo is by Paul Kolnik)

Quote of the Week

"If I cannot dance, I shall die!"

 

 

~ Anna Pavlova

August's Ballerina: Margot Fonteyn

Fact #1- Margot's greatest ballet partnership was with Rudolf Nureyev.
Fact #2- Margot Fonteyn married Dr. Roberto Arias in 1955.
Fact #3- She retired in 1979, at the age of 60.

Fonteyn in Swan Lake

(photo by Gordon Anthony)

Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet



Ballerina Margot Fonteyn with dancer/choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov


Margot


Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn

Quote of the Week

"And even this heart of mine has something artificial.

The dancers have sewn it into a bag of pink satin,

pink satin slightly faded, like their dancing shoes."

~ Edgar Degas

August's Ballerina: Margot Fonteyn

Fact #1- Her entire career was spent with the Royal Ballet.
Fact #2- She started ballet when she was four.






(photo by Keith Money)

Margot in Giselle


Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn




(photo: Roger Wood/ ROH Collections

New York City Ballet (NYCB) - Part 1

This is going to be a series of posts about New York City Ballet! I will include lots of pictures and many interesting facts about the company. There will be 5 parts to this series, and they won't be done on any certain day of the week.

In part 1 of my series I will write 3 facts about the company, and I will post pictures and a couple facts about 5 of the principal dancers, and 2 of the soloists.


Fact #1- They have 24 principal dancers, 9 soloists, and 52 dancers in the corps de ballet.
Fact #2- They are one of the most well known ballet companies in the world.
Fact #3- Their repertory has over 400 ballets.

Principal Dancer
Name: Jared Angle
Born in: Altoona, Pennsylvania
When he started ballet: 6 yrs.
Principal dancer since: November 11, 2005

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)

Principal Dancer
Name: Janie Taylor
Born in: Houston, Texas
When she started ballet: 4 yrs.
Principal dancer since: January 2005

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)

Principal Dancer
Name: Gonzalo Garcia
Born in: Zaragoza, Spain
When he started ballet: 8 yrs.
Principal dancer since: 2002

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Pricipal Dancer
Name: Jennie Somogyi
Born in: Easton, Pennsylvania
When she started ballet: 7 yrs.
Principal dancer since: December 2000

(photo by Henry Leutwyler)


Principal Dancer
Name: Rebecca Krohn
Born in: Vestal, New York
When she started ballet: ?
Principal dancer since: May 2012

(photo by Henry Leutwtler)


Soloist
Name: Adrian Danchig-Waring
Born in: San Francisco, California
When he started ballet: 11 yrs.
Soloist since: February 2009



Soloist
Name: Savannah Lowery
Born in: Largo, Florida
When she started ballet: 3 yrs.
Soloist since: December 2007



New York City Ballet in Glass Pieces

(photo by Paul Kolnik)

Quote of the Week

" Respect your body. Eat well. Dance forever."

~Eliza Gaynor Minden

*This post was meant for yesterday, but I was out of town.*

Ballet Wishlist

I really want a freestanding barre from alvas!

http://alvas.com/barres.html

This looks like a wonderful version of Coppelia.

http://www.discountdance.com/dancewear/style_KUD4068.html?pid=7208&Shop=Style&SID=368834370

I already have a really nice ballet bag, but I think this one is pretty cool, too.

http://www.allaboutdance.com/dance-clothing/product-view/style_4366.html?SID=368834668&mainCategory=ACCAAD&styleOne=ACCAAD&styleTwo=BAGSAAD&PageNumber=1&ageGroup=none

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


Margot and Rudolf in Birthday Offering





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


In Firebird (photo by Houston Rogers)

Quote of the Week

"Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals."

~ Charles Baudelaire

August's Ballerina: Margot Fonteyn

Fact #1- Margot was born on May 18, 1919.
Fact #2- She died on February 21, 1991.
Fact #3- She was an English ballerina.

Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn at Royal Ballet's production of Pelleas et Melisande








Margot Fonteyn with Michael Somes (photo: ITV / Rex Features)


Margot Fonteyn as Aurora