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Fonteyn

[fon-teyn]

noun

  1. Dame Margot Margaret Hookham, 1919–91, English ballerina.



Fonteyn

/ fɒnˈteɪn /

noun

  1. Dame Margot . real name Margaret Hookham . 1919–91, English classical ballerina

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Jordan Hogg, 28, died in Fonteyn Court, in the Hemlington area of Middlesbrough, in the early hours of Friday 28 February.

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The Royal Ballet School in London is one of the world's most celebrated, and has produced a string of famous dancers including Dame Margot Fonteyn and Dame Darcey Bussell.

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So, more than 20 years later, it tickled Bob that he now found himself a position to ask both Fonteyn and Balanchine how she had coped.

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She watched the foremost dancers of the day at Covent Garden and other theaters, forming a particular devotion to Margot Fonteyn.

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Robb writes about a similar situation in her memoir, in which she recalls her experience at the School of American Ballet and dips into the biographies of others, including Misty Copeland and Margot Fonteyn.

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