Movies: Margot Fonteyn

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...

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

Documentary about the dancer Rudolf Nureyev....

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....

Biography of Dame Margot Fonteyn....

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

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

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 ...

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

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