Dame Margot Fonteyn

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Margot Fonteyn poses en pointe in a classical tutu and floral headpiece as Princess Aurora in the ballet "The Sleeping Beauty."

Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing in the ballet Sleeping Beauty, 1973.

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British ballerina

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Margot Fonteyn poses en pointe in a classical tutu and floral headpiece as Princess Aurora in the ballet "The Sleeping Beauty."

English ballerina Margot Fonteyn dancing in Sleeping Beauty.

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Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing in the ballet Sleeping Beauty, 1973.

Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing in the ballet Sleeping Beauty, 1973.

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