Margot Fonteyn
Standard Name: Fonteyn, Margot
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1934: Before she was sixteen Margot Fonteyn (later...
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1934
Before she was sixteen Margot Fonteyn
(later Dame Margot) danced the leading part with the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (later the Royal Ballet
) in Frederick Ashton
's Rio Grande.
8 December 1936: The BBC for the first time televised a full-length...
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8 December 1936
The BBC
for the first time televised a full-length ballet: William Walton
's Façade (derived from Edith Sitwell
) with Margot Fonteyn
and Robert Helpmann
.
20 February 1946: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London,...
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20 February 1946
The Royal Opera House
, Covent Garden, London, had its grand reopening after wartime closure. Margot Fonteyn
performed with the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet
in The Sleeping Beauty.
24 April 1946: The Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company,...
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24 April 1946
The Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet
company, with principal ballerinas Moira Shearer
, Margot Fonteyn
, and Pamela May
, performed Symphonic Variations at Covent Garden
.
9 October 1949: Margot Fonteyn received high praise when...
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9 October 1949
Margot Fonteyn
received high praise when the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet
performed for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera
House in New York.
27 October 1958: The ballet Ondine, danced by Margot Fonteyn...
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27 October 1958
The ballet Ondine, danced by Margot Fonteyn
and choreographed by Frederick Ashton
, was performed at Covent Garden.
12 March 1963: Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn danced...
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12 March 1963
Rudolf Nureyev
and Margot Fonteyn
danced together for the first time at the Royal Opera House
, Covent Garden, in Marguerite and Armand by Sir Frederick Ashton
.
21 February 1991: English ballerina Margot Fonteyn died at...
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21 February 1991
English ballerina Margot Fonteyn
died at the age of seventy-one.
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