Dancers in the autumn of their career 1/5 - Margot Fonteyn 1965-1979

[@hblsj84denyf]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mariaalicemanzorobinson5940]

A dupla Nuriev e ela das melhores qye ja vi

[@sedekiman]

Love the fact that she bounds into the attitude and those balances fabulous.

[@Paulofibonelli]

Arabesques beautiful too

[@asclepius3117]

Extraordinary even in the twilight of her career.

[@rmp7400]

Indeed... Breathtaking Her "Twilight" outshone many a ballerina in her prime.

[@jezza6736]

She may not have the gymnastic abilities of today’s dancers but she has something those people will never have, presence like no other dancer

[@sedekiman824]

Even her hands speak-quite incredible.

[@mariaalicemanzorobinson5940]

Sabia interpretar um papel com emoção para mim a melhor interpretação da cena do balcão em Romeu e Julieta com Nuriev das mais belas.

[@sedekiman]

Incomparable Fonteyn and incomparable balances. No one does the backbend in Act 111 of Sleeping Beauty!

[@simaraft7373]

She’s always delightful to watch. Barishnikov is uncharacterically solicitous partnering her in le spectre!

[@rmp7400]

Good that a great dancer can and will recognize someone who was even more: legendary grace🎆

[@Marriedtothat]

Thank you so much for posting these!

[@wendyverdades3013]

She was the epitome of style and grace, It was truly kind that she supported her sick ass of a husband. That's what they mean by sickness and in health isn't it?

[@susannevollmer2347]

Yes, she has to pay for him and his care. That was the reason she was dancing so long!

[@carmens8569]

Para mi la mejor sin ninguna duda .

[@sedekiman824]

Lalways wondered if she kept the Odette headdress for all her performances in this role, because it is so becoming, being graduated and not just a bunch of feathers!

[@arepo]

Lovely! Thank you. After 1975 her technique had clearly diminished but all footage before Hamlet is lovely. Perfect Aurora and the more I watch her SL variation the more I like it. You didn't include her Juliet and Marguerite... Who's next?

[@pediatrapaola]

heinz bosl ,poor guy ,only 28 or so when leukemia took him ,so sad ,he was very very good a rising star -he was often partner of dame margot .

[@sedekiman]

Yes beautiful dancer such fluidity of movement.

[@sedekiman824]

Note the tutu! No flat dinner plate here. There are layers!

[@timothyheath577]

Funny to think, with a technique like that, she’d not pass an audition for any reputable ballet company these days. Though I hardly dare say it, even with her technique in her hay-day, she’d not even be welcome in the core of a 2024 company. Technique is evolving at a truly astonishing pace! If you want to see what I mean, check out the young kids in their ballet classes at Master Ballet Academy. True, in her day, she was a sparkling gem, and no mistake. She was extra special, and will forever be - in some people’s hearts.

[@rosemaryallen2128]

Interesting, when you consider that modern dancers, with their flashy athleticism and exaggerated extensions, invariably fail to move the emotions. Which is the point of balletic art, n'est pas?