Throwback Thursday and Margot Fonteyn
Margot Fonteyn was born on May 18, 1919, and died on
February 21, 1991. She was lovely,
lyrical English ballerina who had an unusually long performing career. Her real name was Margaret Hookham, and she
began her dance training in Hong Kong.
She went on to study in London and at the Sadler’s Wells
Ballet school. She debuted with the
Vic-Wells Ballet, and soon took over roles danced by Alicia Markova, such as
Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. She was a muse for the great English
choreographer Frederick Ashton, and he created many roles for her including Symphonic Variations, Daphnis and Chloe,
and Ondine.
In 1955 she married Roberto Emilio Arias, former Panamanian
ambassador to Great Britain, and around that same time (1954), she became
president of the Royal Academy of Dancing.
In the early 1960s she began her famous partnership with Rudolph Nureyev,
and she continued to dance into the 1970s when she began to cut back on her
performing.
When she retired, she wrote books and remained active in the
dance world until she died in 1991.
Dance History Factoid #31:
“Margot Fonteyn was a beautiful
English ballerina.”
Link of the Day:
(I love the way she
runs down those stairs!)
Quote
of the Day:
“Don’t
think or judge, just listen.”
-Sarah Dessen, Just Listen
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