Word: fonteyn
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...expanded into cattle, shrimp fishing and publishing (four newspapers), then became President (1932-36). His son Gilberto, twice served as Finance Minister; Son Roberto, was Panama's Ambassador to Britain (1955-58), but is better known for other excursions. In 1959, with his wife, British Ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn, he was accused of smuggling arms aboard his yacht in a musical-comedy invasion of Panama from Cuba...
Manhattan balletomanes had been waiting for months, and now the Royal Ballet was actually in town. Impresario Sol Hurok's Barnum-sized package included 500 tons of scenery, 160 people, and the most spectacular new dance partnership in half a century: Dame Margot Fonteyn and Russian Defector Rudolf Nureyev, starring in a ballet created expressly for their extraordinary talents...
...even after opening night the wait went on. Impresario Hurok filled the stage with ballets as old and rococo as the Metropolitan Opera House itself. Then he tried the most loyal fans' patience by first presenting Fonteyn and her young new premier danseur in Giselle-one of the most forgettable of all ballets. She danced well, but that was nothing new. So did he, but still nobody could tell whether he could live up to his billing...
Last week the suspense was scheduled to end. In Swan Lake, the two visitors brought the house down. Then, for an audience starring the President's wife, one ex-President's daughter (Margaret Truman Daniel), and one presidential also-ran (Adlai Stevenson), Hurok presented Fonteyn and Nureyev together in the U.S. premiere of Marguerite and Armand, the latest version of Camille...
Ashton has combined his choreography with the acting. Fonteyn has always been one of ballet's greatest actresses, and now that she is 43, the rest of her body is even more expressive than her articulate legs and feet. For one exquisite moment in their carefree love scene, as Rudolf carries Margot downstage, holding her high, the bones seem to melt out of her joints and she becomes more limp than a rag doll. Nureyev is inspired by her virtuosity. In scene after scene, they act out the passionate affair of Marguerite and Armand. Denied an opportunity to show...