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Margot
- Title
- Margot [videorecording] / directed by Tony Palmer.
- Publication
- 2005.
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Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 1 | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIDVD 5-235 RNC disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | disc 2 | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIDVD 5-235 RNC disc 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Palmer, Tony, 1941-
- Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
- Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991.
- Seymour, Lynn, 1939-
- Clark, Colette.
- Daneman, Meredith.
- Grey, Beryl, 1927-2022
- De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001.
- Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988.
- Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986
- Tooley, John.
- Motion, Andrew, 1952-
- Somes, Michael, 1917-1994.
- Somes, Wendy Ellis.
- Edwards, Leslie, 1916-2001.
- Petit, Roland, 1924-2011.
- Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008.
- MacMillan, Kenneth.
- Mason, Monica.
- Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006.
- Sibley, Antoinette.
- Dowell, Anthony.
- Kelly, Desmond.
- Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023.
- Foy, Patricia.
- Parkinson, Georgina.
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
- Royal Ballet.
- Description
- 2 DVDs (NTSC) (164 min.) : sd. col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Documentary about the life and career of Margot Fonteyn featuring new and archival interviews with colleagues, friends and family members interspersed with performance, newsreel and home movie footage. The documentary explores Fonteyn's on and off-stage struggles: her childhood and relationship with her mother; her dance training and position in the Royal Ballet; her relationship with conductor Constant Lambert; the Royal Ballet's experiences during World War II and the company's move to Covent Garden; Fonteyn's relationship with Roland Petit; the growth of her fame in America; her marriage to Dr. Roberto "Tito" Arias, its political implications, the effects of her husband's paralysis, her relationships with her son-in-law Roberto, her move to a farm in Panama; Fonteyn's dance partnership with Rudolf Nureyev; the continuation of her career despite age and health problems; her later life in Panama and financial difficulties; her death and legacy.
- DANCE CONTENTS: excerpts of Margot Fonteyn performing in Swan lake, Sleeping beauty, First arabesque, Giselle (with Nureyev), Facade, The nutcracker, Le corsair (with Nureyev), Romeo and Juliet (with Nureyev), Salut d'amour. Also includes footage of Fonteyn and Nureyev in a rehearsal for Birthday offering.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Series Statement
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection
- Uniform Title
- Façade (Choreographic work : Ashton)
- Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
- Salut d'amour à Margot Fonteyn (Choreographic work : Ashton)
- Giselle (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Coralli and Perrot)
- Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Ashton and Sergeev, N after Petipa, M)
- Corsair (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M). Pas de deux.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Documentaries and factual works.
- Dance.
- Video.
- Event (note)
- Un-cut version of the documentary; the version broadcast on ITV in Aug. 2005 was approx. 50 min. shorter.
- Contents
- Disc 1 (82 min.) -- Disc 2 (82 min.)
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-235 RNC
- OCLC
- NYPG06-F1203
- Title
- Margot [videorecording] / directed by Tony Palmer.
- Imprint
- 2005.
- Series
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection
- Performer
- Interviewees include Lynn Seymour, Colette Clark, Avril Bergen, Meredith Daneman, David Scrase, Pheobe Fonteyn, Peter Wright, Hilda Hookham, Keith Money, Margot Fonteyn, Patsy, Lady Jellicoe, Beryl Grey, Ninette De Valois, Pamela May, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, John Tooley, Andrew Motion, Wendy Ellis Somes, Michael Somes, Michael Wood, Leslie Edwards, Joy Brown, Roland Petit, Donald MacLeary, Clive Barnes, Kenneth MacMillan, Monica Mason, Moira Shearer, David Wall, Deanne Bergsma, Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Demond Kelly, Robert Gottleib, Joan Thring, John Wayne, Patricia Foy, Roberto Arias, Georgina Parkinson, Rudolf Nureyev, Rosario Galindo, Deborah MacMillian, Ana Cristina Alvarado, Buenaventura Medina, Rosita Arias Vallarino, Tony Burton.
- Event
- Un-cut version of the documentary; the version broadcast on ITV in Aug. 2005 was approx. 50 min. shorter.
- Added Author
- Palmer, Tony, 1941- DirectorFonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991. IntervieweeSeymour, Lynn, 1939- IntervieweeClark, Colette. IntervieweeDaneman, Meredith. IntervieweeGrey, Beryl, 1927-2022, interviewee.De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001. IntervieweeAshton, Frederick, 1904-1988. IntervieweeHelpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986, interviewee.Tooley, John. IntervieweeMotion, Andrew, 1952- IntervieweeSomes, Michael, 1917-1994. IntervieweeSomes, Wendy Ellis. IntervieweeEdwards, Leslie, 1916-2001. IntervieweePetit, Roland, 1924-2011. IntervieweeBarnes, Clive, 1927-2008. IntervieweeMacMillan, Kenneth. IntervieweeMason, Monica. IntervieweeShearer, Moira, 1926-2006. IntervieweeSibley, Antoinette. IntervieweeDowell, Anthony. IntervieweeKelly, Desmond. IntervieweeGottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023. IntervieweeFoy, Patricia. IntervieweeParkinson, Georgina. IntervieweeNureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. IntervieweeNureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.Royal Ballet.
- Added Title
- Façade (Choreographic work : Ashton)Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)Salut d'amour à Margot Fonteyn (Choreographic work : Ashton)Giselle (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Coralli and Perrot)Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Ashton and Sergeev, N after Petipa, M)Corsair (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M). Pas de deux.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-235 RNC