Auction 004
Autograph Auction TV Film Music Sport Entertainment Space Military
By Chaucer Auctions
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Jun 22, 2022
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ
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LOT 620:
Ballet Dame Margot Fonteyn signed 10x8 vintage black and white magazine photo. Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE ...
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£26 - £32
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Ballet Dame Margot Fonteyn signed 10x8 vintage black and white magazine photo. Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE (née Hookham; 18 May 1919 - 21 February 1991), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells Theatre Company), eventually being appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II. Beginning ballet lessons at the age of four, she studied in England and China, where her father was transferred for his work. Her training in Shanghai was with George Goncharov, contributing to her continuing interest in Russian ballet. Returning to London at the age of 14, she was invited to join the Vic-Wells Ballet School by Ninette de Valois. She succeeded Alicia Markova as prima ballerina of the company in 1935. The Vic-Wells choreographer, Sir Frederick Ashton, wrote numerous parts for Fonteyn and her partner, Robert Helpmann, with whom she danced from the 1930s to the 1940s. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
