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Tape captures the brilliance of Margot Fonteyn
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Few performers have delighted the world as has Margot Fonteyn.
The famed British ballerina, who danced until she was 60 years old,
is remarkable not only for her artistry but also for the courage she
has shown in her personal life.
Far from being a prima donna, Fonteyn always has sought to
encourage other artists. And her steadfast love affair with her
now-paralyzed husband is the stuff beautiful movies are made of.
"The Margot Fonteyn Story" (Home Vision, $39.95) is the
ho...
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Remembering Fonteyn and Graham. (Margot Fonteyn, Martha Graham) (obituary)
The New Leader
; TWO IMPORTANT chapters in the history of dance closed during the early months of 1991 when Margot Fonteyn and Martha Graham, a Dame and a grande dame, died. With their departure the waning 20th century darkened a little more. The two women did not have much to do with each other. In fact, they
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A spot of dirt on her tutu On stage Margot Fonteyn embodied grace and ease; off-stage was different, says Louise Levene
The Sunday Telegraph London
; Margot Fonteyn by Meredith Daneman Viking, pounds 20, 654 pp pounds 16 ( pounds 2.25 p&p) 0870 155 7222 I SAW Margot Fonteyn in Swan Lake in 1970. I was probably too young to deserve my precious seat in the Covent Garden stalls and I remember my own frock more vividly than the steps she danced but
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The Radiant Reign Of Margot Fonteyn;On the Ballet Stage, Hers Was a grace and Style Beyond Compare
The Washington Post
; She may have been a commoner by parentage, but to lovers of dance and millions of others, Dame Margot Fonteyn was as close as nature ever comes to making a born princess. As a ballerina, as a person and in the almost celestial aura of her physical presence, she was an incarnation of royalty,
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Untouchable; Margot Fonteyn.(A new biography of Margot Fonteyn)
The Economist (US)
; SHE haunts the memories of the Royal Opera House audience, especially in this centenary year of Sir Frederick Ashton's birth, when so many of the ballets that he made for the great ballerina are being revived. Now comes a warmly intelligent biography which traces how the child, born plain Peggy
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Triumphs of Fonteyn
International Herald Tribune
; Jennifer Dunning International Herald Tribune 07-17-2004 It has been 32 years since Margot Fonteyn danced a major role in New York City and more than a decade since her death. But this radiant international ballet star, whose allure transcended her technique and acting skills, has not loosed her
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A BELOVED BALLERINA TELLS HER OWN STORY
The Boston Globe
; Many ballerinas are admired; few are beloved. In our century there have been two who have inspired an overwhelming, world-wide love: Anna Pavlova and Margot Fonteyn. Pavlova is, of course, long gone. But Fonteyn, now 70, is still with us, and how wonderful that the powers-that-be at PBS' "Great
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The life of a great dancer, from baked beans to caviar.(Daily Break)
The Virginian Pilot
; MARGOT FONTEYN A Life MEREDITH DANEMAN Viking. 654 pp. $32.50. BY RUTH LEON Bloomberg News Service MARGOT FONTEYN (1919-1991) was a great dancer and a boring woman. This makes Meredith Daneman's decision to write a 700-pa ...
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MARGOT FONTEYN: A LifeBOOKS / Nonfiction
International Herald Tribune
; 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
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Dame of two halves.(Television Program Review)
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: PETER PATERSON The South Bank Show: Margot Fonteyn (ITV1); Arrested Development (BBC 2) A COLLECTION of world-class gossips from the world of ballet - where else? - contributed to last night's sad but guiltily entertaining story of the ill-starred marriage and impoverished death of the
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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BOOKS: Life and art in the balance; Margot Fonteyn By Meredith Daneman VIKING pounds 20 (654pp) pounds 18 (free p&p) from 0870 079 8897.(Features)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Carole Angier Do you have to be a fan of the ballet to read this book? Do you have to be, indeed, a fan of Margot Fonteyn? No, you don't. If a biography were a kind of police report, as people sometimes seem to think, there would be no point in reading it unless you had a special interest
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