Margot Fonteyn

Standard Name: Fonteyn, Margot

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Theme or Topic Treated in Text Ketaki Kushari Dyson
The essays in this volume date from 1977-1985 and cover a wide range of topics, including an autobiographical essay on Dyson's path to becoming a poet, an essay on Jesus , and a critical look...

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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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