Margot Fonteyn
Also Known As: Margot Fonteyn-Arais
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Reigate, Surrey, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: May 18, 1919
Age: 106 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: February 21, 1991
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The Margot Fonteyn Story
Overview: Biography of Dame Margot Fonteyn.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-11
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Margot
Overview: A biographical look at the career of the acclaimed Margot Fonteyn. As a little girl called Peggy Hookham growing up in Shanghai, she told her mother she would one day become the greatest dancer in the world. Still performing at the age of 67 despite being almost unable to walk, hers is a story of courage and tenacity, of unbelievable devotion to her art and to those whom she loved. Those who ultimately left her penniless and alone, to be buried in a pauper’s grave.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-11
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Romeo and Juliet
Overview: Classic ballet by Kenneth MacMillan to the music of Prokofiev.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-04
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An Evening With The Royal Ballet
Overview: Documentary about the Royal Ballet. Includes selections from "Les Sylphides" and "The Sleeping Beauty" with Rudolf Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn
Genres: Documentary Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-01
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Swan Lake
Overview: Perhaps the most popular ballet video ever released, this version of Tchaikovsky's beloved work stars one of the most famous classical dance partnerships of all time, Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. Nureyev choreographed this production for the Vienna State Opera Ballet. Two icons of 20th-century dance in magnificent form. Ballet authority John Lanchbery, former music director of the Sadler's Wells and Royal Ballet companies, as well as of American Ballet Theatre and Australian Ballet, conducts the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's enchanting score.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-12-26
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Der Tänzer Heinz Bosl
Overview: A documentary about dancer Heinz Bosl who died in 1975 - aged 28.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Darcey Bussell: Looking for Margot
Overview: Former prima ballerina Darcey Bussell looks at the life and career of Margot Fonteyn.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-20
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The Royal Ballet
Overview: Filmed on the stage of London's Covent Garden. Includes extracts from Swan lake, Ondine & The Firebird.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-03
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Tchaikovsky:Ballet Masterpieces
Overview: Margot Fonteyn ranks prominent among the most venerated ballerinas of the 20th century. This programme brings her to life thanks to exceptional archive material, in which she appears with Michael Somes in the three great Tchaikovsky ballets.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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I Am a Dancer
Overview: Documentary about the dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-01
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Swan Lake
Overview: Swan Lake: The Royal Ballet
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-12
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