The Fonteyn (previously known as The Genée) is one of the oldest and most prestigious ballet competitions in the world, representing the pinnacle of achievement for young dancers trained in the RAD ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) will bring its flagship event, The Margot Fonteyn ...

As far as ballet competitions go, there are few on an equal footing with The Fonteyn. The annual event attracts “the finest young dancers from around the globe” to London and takes its name from ...

Margot Fonteyn (1919–1991) earned her title of prima ballerina assoluta with her elegant presence, exquisite musicality and eloquent line. She was Frederick Ashton's muse, Rudolf Nureyev's partner and ...

When Darcey Bussell took her final curtain call at the Royal Opera House in 2007, after nearly two decades as a principal dancer, she was almost buried in bouquets. “It was a crazy amount – they just ...

“When I am dancing with him,” says Dame Margot Fonteyn, “and I look across the stage, I see not Nureyev but the character of the ballet. I don’t see, as I do with others, a man I know and talk to ...

Manhattan balletomanes had been waiting for months, and now the Royal Ballet was actually in town. Impresario Sol Hurok’s Barnum-sized package included 500 tons of scenery, 160 people, and the most ...

When Britain's Sadler's Wells Ballet came to the old Metropolitan Opera House in 1955, my roommates and I (dancers all three) took turns all day standing in a line that snaked around the block. What I ...