File 1 - Handwritten letters from Margot Fonteyn

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RAD/3/DAI/3/1/1

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Handwritten letters from Margot Fonteyn

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  • 1980-1988 (Creation)

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5 letters, 1 envelope

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Fonteyn, Margot
(1919-05-18 - 1991-02-21)

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Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE (née Hookham), known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina and Prima Ballerina Assoluta of The Royal Ballet. In 1954 she succeeded Adeline Genée as president of the Royal Academy of Dance, a position she held until her death in 1991.

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Royal Academy of Dance

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Mostly written from Panama or while travelling and giving general details of places visited and ballets seen, or life on the farm.

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