Autobiography
ISBN:
9780241127353 (0241127351)
Edition language: English
We are going to see "Swan Lake" next month. To prepare, we are watching DVD's of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev dancing in this ballet, and reading the fairy tales that accompany the ballet. So I got interested in reading more about Margot Fonteyn, the most accomplished ballerina in the 20th c...
Fonteyn's style is easy and secure, with a touch of naiveté which is at time beguiling but at times markedly self-conscious. She is candid about her little faults, but at times she relates events which suggest that she's actually a lot scrappier than she believes herself to be. The two most interest...