Margot Fonteyn : prima ballerina assoluta of the Royal Ballet / edited by Cristina Franchi. - London : Oberon Books ; Royal Opera House, 2004. - 134 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm. - Heritage series / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden .

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Foreword by Pauline Clayton -- The Young Dancer -- Joining the Vic-Wells Ballet: 'Something wonderful and beautiful had come into our midst' -- Life behind the scenes in the 1930s and the early 1940s -- Sadler's Wells Ballet form 1946: 'Princess Aurora comes into her kingdom' -- Rehearsals, Taking New York by storm, Marriage -- The Royal Ballet: Prima Ballerina Assoluta -- Rehearsals with Nureyev, Galas, Tributes -- Selective Chronology.

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Fonteyn, Margot 1919-1991 --Portraits


Ballerinas--Great Britain --Pictorial works

GV1785.F63 / M37 2004

792.8092 / FON