The Magic of Dance

By Margot Fonteyn

Book Overview

In this picturesque tome, Margot Fonteyn shares with us her personal vision of the history of dance. Fired with a deep love for the art she herself has so spectacularly enhanced, she leads us back to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394529065
• ISBN13: 9780394529066
• Release Date: October 1982
• Publisher: Knopf
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Margot Fonteyn discusses history of many types of dance.

From the iime of Louis IV to Balanchine, Margot Fonteyn discusses all forms of dance in her own inimitable way. Fred Astaire and Rudolf Nureyev, Isadora Duncan, the Cachucha, classical ballet from earliest times to the present. This is the book that was written in conjunction with the six PBS episodes treating with the same subjects.