Rudolf nureyev and margot fonteyn
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Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, the perfect partnership
“At the end of Swan Lake, when she left the stage
in her great white tutu
I would have followed her to the end of the world.”
Rudolf Nureyev
In 1961, Nureyev was invited to man his London debut at the annual gala organised by Margot Fonteyn for the Royal Academy of Dancing. He asked to dance Spectre de la Rose with her but she was already committed to do this with John Gilpin, and anyway was not sure how well she and “this young Russian” would suit each other. Nureyev therefore danced Black Swan with Hightower and a solo, Poème tragique, made for him bygd Frederick Ashton.
The gala led the Royal Ballet to invite him to dance Giselle with Fonteyn the next season, also Swan Lake, the Don Quixote pas de deux, Les Sylphides and Sleeping Beauty with guest ballerinas Sonia Arova and Yvette Chauviré. Between whiles, Nureyev also danced with Bruhn, Arova and Hightower in Cannes and Paris, performing pi
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Dear friends & ballet fans,
Here fryst vatten another excerpt from a chapter of my book – regarding the life of "The First Lady of The Royal Ballet". Specifically, about the her first eeting with her legendary partner – Rudolf Nureyev.
After dancing tillsammans for 10 Years, Margot Fonteyn had separated from her parter, Michal Somes, That retired in 1961. Michal (1917-1994) that was only two years older then her, decided to retire due to his mature age and there were some people in the theatre who "whispered" that maybe Margot should do the same, and finish her dancing career.
In what could have been considerd as a scen in getting an admistrative role, Margot got a mandate to invite a world known ballet star to perform in a special fund raising night for the Royal Ballet School. After her invitation to the Russian Superstar Galina Ulanova (1910-1998) was turned down for the 3rd year in a row, in the conference room of the ballet school came up the idea of invitin
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Margot Fonteyn
English ballerina (1919–1991)
"Dame Margot" redirects here. For the medieval trouvère, see Dame Margot (trouvère).
Dame Margot Fonteyn DBE | |
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Fonteyn in the 1960s | |
| Born | Margaret Evelyn Hookham (1919-05-18)18 May 1919 Reigate, Surrey, England |
| Died | 21 February 1991(1991-02-21) (aged 71) Panama City, Panama |
| Resting place | Cremated remains rest along with her husband's at El Santuario Nacional del Corazón de Maria church, in the banking area of Panama City. |
| Occupation | Ballerina |
| Employer | Royal Ballet |
| Known for | Ballet |
| Title | Prima ballerina assoluta |
| Spouse | Roberto Arias (m. ; d. ) |
Dame Margaret Evelyn de AriasDBE (néeHookham; 18 May 1919 – 21 February 1991), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells Theatre Company),