Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991

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Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells Theatre Company), eventually being appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II. She was born Margaret Evelyn Hookham on May 18, 1919, to Felix John Hookham and Hilda Acheseon Fontes. She studied at the Vic-Wells Ballet School and made her solo debut in 1935 under the stage name "Margot Fonteyn". She was best know for her artistic partnership with Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev. She married Roberto Arias in 1955. In 1972, she semi-retired, only doing occassional performances until her death on February 21, 1991, at the age of 71.

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referencedIn	A diamond night at the ballet (Benefit perfomance) [programs].	New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn	Ambrose DuBek dance photograph collection, 1952-1963 and undated.	Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn	American Ballet Theatre records, 1936-ca. 1967	The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
referencedIn	Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording]	The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
referencedIn	Ballet du Centenaire (Company), Monte Carlo. [Programs]	New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
referencedIn	Ballet in motion pictures. I am a dancer. [Programs].	New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
creatorOf	BOULT PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 253+185+44). Granville Bantock, Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss, Nadia Boulanger, Pablo Casals, Walter Damrosch, Walford Davies, Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, Myra Hess, Gervase Elwes, George Henschel, Gustav Holst, John Irelan...	British Library
referencedIn	Czinner, Paul, 1890-1972. Ballet in motion pictures. Royal Ballet [Programs].	New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
referencedIn	Dance scrapbooks, c1951-1978	Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: Laban Archive
referencedIn	Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997,. Interview with Alexandra Danilova.	New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection

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associatedWith	American Ballet Theatre
correspondedWith	American Ballet Theatre
associatedWith	Anthony, Gordon
associatedWith	Balanchine, George.
associatedWith	Ballet du Centenaire (Company), Monte Carlo.
associatedWith	Claudia Mair Williams
associatedWith	Communist Party of the United States of America.
associatedWith	Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997,
associatedWith	De Warren, Robert,
associatedWith	Deakin, Natasha,