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MARGOT FONTEYN: A LifeBOOKS / Nonfiction
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Jennifer Dunning
International Herald Tribune
01-27-2005
MARGOT FONTEYN: A Life By Meredith Daneman.654 pages. $32.95. Viking. Reviewed by Jennifer Dunning*Meredith Daneman trained at the Royal Ballet School in London and performed with the Australian Ballet. Daneman, whose novels include ''A Chance to Sit Down,'' a quietly evocative take on dancers' lives, poured 10 years of research into ''Margot Fonteyn: A Life,'' and both her work and her background show. Her vividly detailed book helps a great deal to bring Fonteyn to unruly life.And what a life it was, with endless work in the studio ...
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