Margot Fonteyn Will Return to Stage
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.
The spokeswoman said Fonteyn, who now lives in Panama, will play the Queen Mother in “Sleeping Beauty.”
“We are absolutely delighted. It is a mime role rather than a dancing role, so the audience will not see her going up on her points.”
Fonteyn will return to the stage for two nights in Miami, Feb. 18 and 19, during the Sadler’s Wells tour of North and South America.
She last appeared on stage in 1979 with Rudolf Nureyev and subsequently became something of a recluse, looking after her invalid husband, Dr. Roberto Arias.
Her career began 53 years ago at the Sadler’s Wells Theater.
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