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Dance Night: The Magic of Dance: Out in the Limelight, Home in the Rain

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on BBC Two England

The final episode from Dame Margot Fonteyn's 1979 history of dance.

Bidding farewell to the stage on her 60th birthday, Fonteyn performs a solo, Salut d'Amour, especially created for her by Frederick Ashton, and joins Rudolf Nureyev for a rendition of Ashton's Marguerite and Armand. With artists of the Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.
(Revised repeat)

Contributors

Presenter:
Dame Margot Fonteyn
Musicians:
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Director:
Patricia Foy
Marguerite:
Margot Fonteyn
Armand:
Rudolf Nureyev
Armand's father:
Michael Somes
The Duke:
Leslie Edwards
Source: Radio Times

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