by Zoe Phillips | Aug 25, 2021 | The Latest, Training
Like most every other event of last year, the Royal Academy of Dance’s Genée International Ballet Competition was canceled in 2020, put on pause during the first waves of COVID-19. Its suspension was an especially heavy blow; the organization was marking its 100th...
by Julia Guiheen | Dec 16, 2020 | TBT
In need of extra Nutcracker cheer? Watching Dame Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes, two former stars of The Royal Ballet, dance the ballet’s grand pas de deux is an instant fix. In this clip from a 1958 Nutcracker television broadcast, even black and white film...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 5, 2020 | News, Trending
Fashionistas, this one’s for you. A new exhibition titled “Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse,” running at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City from February 11–April 18, ties together a few of our favorite...
by Julia Guiheen | Jul 10, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Dame Margot Fonteyn, The Royal Ballet’s legendary prima ballerina assoluta, is an icon of elegance and refinement—and her remarkable theatricality still sets her apart. In this short clip from a 1957 television broadcast of Sir Frederick Ashton’s...
by Julia Guiheen | Aug 22, 2018 | Profiles, TBT
When Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn began dancing together in the early 1960s, they made an unexpected pair—he was a young, hot-tempered Soviet defector and she was a distinguished prima of The Royal Ballet, 19 years his senior. Yet their partnership (which lasted...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 12, 2018 | News, Training
If you missed the Genée International Ballet Competition’s live-streamed finals this weekend, we’ve got you covered. Last night, 17-year-old Joshua Green of Australia and 16-year-old Monet Hewitt of New Zealand were named this year’s gold...
by Hannah Foster | Aug 24, 2016 | Company Life
Jody Sawyer: “Margot Fonteyn didn’t have great feet.” Jonathan Reeves: “Well, when Margot Fonteyn was onstage, you couldn’t tear your eyes away from her.” —Center Stage (2000) YouTube wasn’t yet invented when the movie Center Stage was...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In the ballet world, great partnerships are rare. The unique chemistry of a splendid ballerina and her attentive partner can hold audiences spellbound. Witnessing a pas de deux by extraordinarily simpatico dancers can fundamentally change the way one perceives ballet....