Movies: Margot Fonteyn

"This film presents rare documentary footage of presidential inaugurations, from William McKinley in 1897 to Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The film conveys the strength, stability, and continuity of the U.S. government. Included in the program are highligh...

Classic ballet by Kenneth MacMillan to the music of Prokofiev....

Documentary about the dancer Rudolf Nureyev....

Filmed on the stage of London's Covent Garden. Includes extracts from Swan lake, Ondine & The Firebird....

A biographical look at the career of the acclaimed Margot Fonteyn. As a little girl called Peggy Hookham growing up in Shanghai, she told her mother she would one day become the greatest dancer in the world. Still performing at the age of 67 despite ...

Perhaps the most popular ballet video ever released, this version of Tchaikovsky's beloved work stars one of the most famous classical dance partnerships of all time, Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. Nureyev choreographed this production for the Vi...

A documentary about dancer Heinz Bosl who died in 1975 - aged 28....

Documentary about the Royal Ballet. Includes selections from "Les Sylphides" and "The Sleeping Beauty" with Rudolf Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn...

Former prima ballerina Darcey Bussell looks at the life and career of Margot Fonteyn....

Biography of Dame Margot Fonteyn....

Margot Fonteyn ranks prominent among the most venerated ballerinas of the 20th century. This programme brings her to life thanks to exceptional archive material, in which she appears with Michael Somes in the three great Tchaikovsky ballets....