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Article: Remembering Fonteyn and Graham. (Margot Fonteyn, Martha Graham) (obituary)
- Article from:
- The New Leader
- Article date:
- April 8, 1991
- Author:
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TWO IMPORTANT chapters in the history of dance closed during the early months of 1991 when Margot Fonteyn and Martha Graham, a Dame and a grande dame, died. With their departure the waning 20th century darkened a little more.
The two women did not have much to do with each other. In fact, they represented a polarity in dance--Margot's classicism opposed Martha's modernism. But they both began their ascent in the '30s, where blessed with fruitful longevity, and redefined the terms of their art.
I never saw Margot Fonteyn dance. That is, like most of my generation, I never saw her in a live performance. In the weeks following her death at age 71, I ...