SFCleo Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 On the roof, officers found Nureyev hiding behind a fence and Fonteyn, in a full-length mink coat, crouching on an adjacent roof with four others. "The Great Haight Ballet Bust of 1967" http://www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/article/The-great-Haight-ballet-bust-of-1967-7230386.php This is a much more complete account of this famous escapade than I heard at the time as a UC Berkeley student. I do remember being surprised that this elegant ballerina had such an adventurous side to her. Link to comment
diane Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Aw, shucks! I cannot access this as I have no account and am not a subscriber to the paper. Could you paraphrase it at all? After a ballet performance in which Fonteyn and Nureyev were performing in Tokyo in the early sixties, my parents, who had been very impressed by their first ballet, had a chance to meet both of them afterwards. This heightened their sense of awe regarding ballet dancers. -d- Link to comment
SFCleo Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Aw, shucks! I cannot access this as I have no account and am not a subscriber to the paper. Could you paraphrase it at all? I will try to find some time to paraphrase but try this first if you are on Facebook. Sign in to Facebook, then search FB for "Fonteyn Nureyev San Francisco" and the article link will come up. Follow that to the Chronicle site and you will be able to see the article, having come from FB. I just tried and it worked, so hopefully it will for you. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 http://sheriffmichaelhennessey.com/Sheriffs_Stories/Margot_%26_Rudy.html Link to comment
diane Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Thank you! That last link worked! What a story! I can just imagine it! It seemed that Dame Margot was a very adventuous soul and had a healthy sense of humour, even regarding herself, which is sometimes rare, -d- Link to comment
canbelto Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Fonteyn's earthy sense of humor can be seen here in this interview. She turns what seems to be rather stuffy questions into an extremely funny anecdote. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I saw a little wide eyed fan, maybe 8 years old, say 'miss fonteyn, you're wonderful, you should have your own tv show!", to which her response, very seriously, was "well i think it's enough I do my own little bit.' Link to comment
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