Margot Fonteyn:
1940 - Margot Fonteyn as the Bride, the role she created, in the one act ballet 'The Wise Virgins'.
The ballet premièred on 24th April 1940 at Sadler's Well Theatre choreography by Frederick Ashton, to a score of music by Johann Sebastian Bach orchestrated by William Walton.
Programme: www.flickr.com/photos/w77t/31264026203/in/dateposted-public/
Born [Margaret Evelyn Hookham] on 18th May 1919 in Reigate, England and died on 21st Feb 1991 in Panama City, Panama.
Her debut was with the Vic-Wells Ballet in 1934 and initially danced under the name of Peggy Hookham then Margot Fontes, then Margot Fonteyn.
In the 1930s she and Robert Helpmann formed a very successful dance partnership and they dance together for 25 years.
Fonteyn was awarded a DBE in 1956.
Appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet in 1979, as a gift for her 60th Birthday. The title was sanctioned by Queen Elizabeth II as patron of the company.
As a dancer she made her last appearance in Nureyev's 1979 summer season, and in Feb 1986 she appeared on stage for the last time as 'The Queen' in "The Sleeping Beauty".
Margot Fonteyn:
1940 - Margot Fonteyn as the Bride, the role she created, in the one act ballet 'The Wise Virgins'.
The ballet premièred on 24th April 1940 at Sadler's Well Theatre choreography by Frederick Ashton, to a score of music by Johann Sebastian Bach orchestrated by William Walton.
Programme: www.flickr.com/photos/w77t/31264026203/in/dateposted-public/
Born [Margaret Evelyn Hookham] on 18th May 1919 in Reigate, England and died on 21st Feb 1991 in Panama City, Panama.
Her debut was with the Vic-Wells Ballet in 1934 and initially danced under the name of Peggy Hookham then Margot Fontes, then Margot Fonteyn.
In the 1930s she and Robert Helpmann formed a very successful dance partnership and they dance together for 25 years.
Fonteyn was awarded a DBE in 1956.
Appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet in 1979, as a gift for her 60th Birthday. The title was sanctioned by Queen Elizabeth II as patron of the company.
As a dancer she made her last appearance in Nureyev's 1979 summer season, and in Feb 1986 she appeared on stage for the last time as 'The Queen' in "The Sleeping Beauty".