World & Nation
Dame Margot Fonteyn, the world’s leading ballerina for 45 years, was buried Friday alongside her Panamanian husband in a garden cemetery overlooking the Panama Canal.
Feb. 23, 1991
Entertainment & Arts
Dame Margot Fonteyn, the British prima ballerina, will come out of retirement at the age of 66 to appear again in a ballet, a spokeswoman for the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet company said Tuesday.
Feb. 5, 1986
Television
Made before her husband’s death last November, “The Margot Fonteyn Story” surveys an amazing life and career through the former ballerina’s reminiscences, along with interviews with teachers and colleagues.
Feb. 16, 1990
Dame Margot Fonteyn Tribute: Placido Domingo will sing and Rudolf Nureyev will dance at the Royal Opera House in London Wednesday in a tribute to Dame Margot Fonteyn, the ballerina whose New York first night drew 48 curtain calls 41 years ago.
May 29, 1990
To the present generation of fans and fauns, ballet is all about men.
Feb. 22, 1991
Fonteyn, Kolpakova to Coach ABT: Veteran ballerinas Margot Fonteyn and Irina Kolpakova are scheduled to coach the dancers of American Ballet Theatre for several weeks during the company’s winter rehearsal.
Dec. 26, 1989
Dame Margot Fonteyn, in New York for a visit, is a little wary of speaking about the political situation back home in Panama.
Jan. 20, 1990
Dame Margot Fonteyn, the seemingly ageless prima ballerina assoluta, died Thursday in a Panama City hospital of the cancer she had struggled against for several years.
“An Evening With the Royal Ballet.” MCA. $29.95.
Jan. 14, 1986
“Romeo and Juliet.” Embassy. $59.95.
Jan. 27, 1987