The Magic of Dance with Margot Fonteyn

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Margot Fonteyn explores her own world of dance in a series from 1979.

Margot Fonteyn explores her own world of dance - from the dominance of the ballerina in the 1930s to the emergence of the great male dancers - in a series from 1979.

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The Magic of Dance: Series 1: The Magnificent Beginning

The Magnificent Beginning

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Margot Fonteyn tells the story of King Louis XIV of France's love of dancing.

From King Louis XIV of France's great palace at Versailles, Margot Fonteyn tells the story of Louis's own love of dancing.

The first real ballet school was founded by King Louis XIV of France in 1669. From Louis's great palace at Versailles, Margot Fonteyn tells the story of Louis's own love of dancing and how it led from the courtly dances of 17th-century France to the worldwide phenomenon of ballet that we know today. At Drottningholm in Sweden, she visits the Court Theatre and sees ballet performed in the original settings and under the original conditions.

The Magic of Dance: Series 1

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