Dame Margot Fonteyn. (obituary)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: March 4, 1991 | Copyright information

DAME MARGOT FONTEYN'S greatness as a ballerina belied her belief that she didn't really have the discipline for it. Instead, she was said to have an inner force that infused her art. She made dance history...

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