Signed Photo: Margot Fonteyn in “Raymonda”
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Item: 10063925
Description
Signed Photo: Margot Fonteyn in “Raymonda”
Beautiful, autographed black and white photo of English prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, showing her rehearsing the pas de deux in Raymonda for a 1959 charity matinee to support the Royal Academy of Dancing.
It is double-matted in a maroon and gold acid-free conservation mat. Framed in gold with UV-protective glass.
- Black & white photo
- Acid-free maroon outer mat & gold inner mat
- Gold-colored frame
- UV-protective glass
- Frame: 13” W x 15.5” H
- Photo: 10” W x 8” H
History
Ballet
In classic or contemporary ballet, dancing may tell a story, express a mood, or simply reflect the music in movement. Ballet as part of staged performances originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries and from there spread to France. The creation of classical ballet as we know it today occurred during the reign of the art-loving French king Louis XIV in the mid-17th century. During the Romantic era, ballet technique evolved to express new ideas, most notably with women dancing en point, or on their toes, allowing them to appear weightless and otherworldly.
Among the choreographers who helped bring ballet into the modern age by exploring new visual and dramatic styles are George Balanchine, Antony Tudor and—bridging the worlds of classical dance and Broadway—Agnes de Mille and Jerome Robbins.
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