Fonteyn

[ fon-teyn ]

noun

1. Dame Mar·got [mahr, -goh], Margaret Hookham, 1919–91, English ballerina.

Fonteyn

/ fɒnˈteɪn /

noun

1. FonteynMargot19191991FEnglishDANCE: ballerina Dame Margot . real name Margaret Hookham . 1919–91, English classical ballerina

Example Sentences

The Royal Ballet School in London is one of the world's most celebrated, and has produced a string of famous dancers including Dame Margot Fonteyn and Dame Darcey Bussell.

From BBC

So, more than 20 years later, it tickled Bob that he now found himself a position to ask both Fonteyn and Balanchine how she had coped.

From New York Times

She watched the foremost dancers of the day at Covent Garden and other theaters, forming a particular devotion to Margot Fonteyn.

From New York Times

Robb writes about a similar situation in her memoir, in which she recalls her experience at the School of American Ballet and dips into the biographies of others, including Misty Copeland and Margot Fonteyn.

From New York Times

Ms. Seymour and Gable were dropped from the main cast, and the ballet opened with Rudolf Nureyev and prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, to whom she was forced to teach the steps.

From Washington Post