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Margot Fonteyn - A Portrait (1989 Video)

aka: Margot Fonteyn

Director

Patricia Foy

Subject

Dance

Distribution

DVD

Margot Fonteyn presents a programme on her own career, which covered forty years and made her a Dame of the British Empire and a Prima Ballerina Absoluta.

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Date

8 Aug 2014, 09:26

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

2007. Opus Arte. DVD (all regions). 117 minutes. £24.99 Also available to rent via Digital Theatre. About the reviewers: Dr Claire Brock is  Lecturer in English, University of Leicester. Dr Brock’s...

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Margot Fonteyn (2012)

Subject

Dance; Women’s studies

A short podcast looking at the life and legacy of Margot Fonteyn, widely considered to be one of the greatest classical dancers of the 20th century. Part of The New Elizabethans, a series presented by James...

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Royal Ballet, The (2007)

aka: Evening with the Royal Ballet, An

Director

Paul Czinner

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £6.00

Filmed on the stage of The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in 1960, director Paul Czinner’s film showcases prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn in what was her first feature film. Partnered by Michael Somes,...

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Fonteyn and Nureyev: Ballet’s Legendary Partnership (2001 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

DVD

The 1997 version of the video, updated from a programme originally made in 1985, contains previously unseen footage of the ballet duo captured at their peak. Includes excerpts from ‘Romeo and Juliet’,...

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Foxtrot from ‘FaÇade’ (1997 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1997 sale: £12.55 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A fully costumed performance of ‘Foxtrot’ from ‘Façade’, choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music by William Walton, danced by four students from the Royal Ballet School and recorded at the Margot...

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Nureyev (2019)

Director

Jacqui Morris

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 109 minutes), £10.00

Documentary about life of Rudolf Nureyev. From his birth in the 5th class carriage of a trans-Siberian train, to his dramatic leap to freedom in the West at the height of the Cold War, and unprecedented...

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