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Original Photos of Margot Fonteyn

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Original Photos of Margot Fonteyn
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Eleven casual photos: one is with Rudolph Nureyev and two are with her husband, Robert Arias. Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias, DBE (1919 – 1991), was an English ballerina.[1] She is widely regarded as one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of all time. She spent her entire career as a dancer with The Royal Ballet, eventually being appointed Prima Ballerina Assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II. Fonteyn began her greatest artistic partnership at a time when many people thought she was about to retire. In 1961, Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West, and on 21 February 1962 he and Fonteyn first performed together in Giselle. She was 42 and he was 24. Their performance was a great success; during the curtain calls Nureyev dropped to his knees and kissed Fonteyn's hand. They created an on-and-offstage partnership that lasted until her retirement in 1979 at age 61, and were lifelong friends.



In 1955 Fonteyn married Dr Roberto Arias, a Panamanian diplomat to London. Their marriage was initially rocky because of his infidelities. She was arrested when Arias attempted a coup d'état against the Panamanian government in 1959. Information released on 28 May 2010 indicated Dame Margot knew of, and at one point was involved in, the coup attempt. In 1964, a rival Panamanian politician shot Arias, leaving him a quadriplegic for the rest of his life. After her retirement she spent all her time in Panama, and was close to her husband and his children from an earlier marriage. Shortly before her husband's death, in 1989, Fonteyn was diagnosed with a cancer that proved fatal.She died on 21 February 1991 in a hospital in Panama City, Panama, aged 71.

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