Word: fonteyns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Britain's Prima Ballerina Margot Fonteyn, appearing at the University of Leeds for an honorary D. Litt., was happy to call herself "the dancing doctor of letters," but really did not think she was up to the academic honor. Said she: "I am probably the most illiterate of all the ballerinas you have heard...
London's Covent Garden exploded with applause at the first appearance in six months of Britain's Prima Ballerina Margot Fonteyn. An attack of diphtheria last October had left strange complications. Her legs and arms were numb and nerveless. In January she said: "At the moment, I can't do even the easiest dance." By last week she felt ready to appear in the undemanding ballet Apparitions, and summoned her oldest friends to rally round. Instead of a few friendly faces, she drew a capacity audience of some 2,000 which gave Margot 14 curtain calls...
Technically, the dancing was almost always good, but it was seldom exciting. Australian-born Elaine Fifield, sometimes touted as the heiress apparent to the senior ballet's Margot Fonteyn, showed off flawless timing and technique. But at 21 she lacks the fire, brilliance and riveting personality that distinguish a prima ballerina from a principal dancer. Lithuanian-born Co-Star Svetlana Beriosova had elegance and style, but not the breathtaking precision of either Fonteyn or the New York City Ballet's Maria Tallchief. The male dancers were strong, but none yet looked like another Eglevsky (New York City Ballet...
Before leaving on a reporting trip to Indo-China, Writer Graham Greene accepted the invitation of Sir Alexander Korda for a cruise on the Korda yacht Elsewhere around the Greek islands, through the Dardanelles to Istanbul. Among the other glittering guests: Sir Laurence and Lady Olivier, Ballerina Margot Fonteyn...
London ballet fans who argue happily over the relative merits of Sadler's Wells' ballerinas Margot Fonteyn and Moira (The Red Shoes) Shearer, had the rare chance last week to compare both dancers in the same ballet. Moira, ready to dance the lead in Symphonic Variations after a four-month layoff, switched plans just before opening, when one of the two other girl dancers fell ill. Since no one else knew both parts, Moira stepped down to take it; Margot was called in to dance the lead. Said the critics next day: "Moira is taller, more girlish...