Margot Fonteyn

Meredith Daneman

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Penguin
04 August 2005

Theatre Studies; Ballet; Biography: arts & entertainment

Over ten years in the making, Meredith Daneman has produced the first serious and in-depth biography of the world famous ballerina.

Margot Fonteyn began life on the 18th of May, 1919 in Reigate, Surrey, as plain Peggy Hookham. She ended it on the 21st of February, 1991, as Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Dame of the British Empire and the most legendary dancer since Pavlova. Meredith Daneman, with her own extensive background in ballet, tells Fonteyn's story in vivid prose with insight and sensitivity.

Drawing upon extensive research, countless interviews, and exclusive access to never-before-seen letters and diaries-including those of Fonteyn's extraordinary and devoted mother-Daneman presents firsthand remembrances of Fonteyn from a vast array of people who knew her and danced with her during the course of her lengthy career. Margot Fonteyn contains revelations not found in any other account of the ballerina, from insights into Fonteyn's private world (especially regarding her relationship with her mother, the ""Black Queen"") to her feelings about her fellow dancers and, of course, the men in her life-including choreographer Frederick Ashton, her husband Roberto Arias, and her long-time dance partner and rumored lover Nureyev.

By: Meredith Daneman
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 479g
ISBN: 9780140165302
ISBN 10: 0140165304
Pages: 704
Publication Date: 04 August 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Meredith Daneman is a former dancer with both the Royal Ballet, to which she won a scholarship in the late 1950's, and the Australian Ballet Company. She saw Fonteyn dance many times. Meredith Daneman has written two highly-acclaimed novels. She lives in London.

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