What Is New? (Margot Fonteyn: The Magic of Dance episode 3) (1983)
Title
What Is New? (Margot Fonteyn: The Magic of Dance episode 3) (1983)
Subject
Ballet
Dame Margot Fonteyn
URL
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Description
Episode 3 of a 6-part television series exploring various topics related to ballet.
Content description from WorldCat.org
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/magic-of-dance-part-3-what-is-new/oclc/46621731):
Fonteyn looks at the work of some of the greatest of the pioneers of dance, from the Commedia dell'Arte in 17th century Italy to Martha Graham in 20th-century America. This program includes a performance by Fonteyn and Baryshnikov of Fokine's ballet, Le Spectre de la Rose. Also featured are Susanne Kimbauer, Kyra Nijinsky, Patrick Harding-Irmer, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and Teatro a l'Avogaria.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. 8 pages from Under Cover magazine (not all the same year/issue) with program information circled (one has a description for What Is New stating Dame Margot Fonteyn looks at the work of dance pioneers, both performers and choreographers, who have experimented with new styles and forms; 1 handwritten note with parts 1-6 listed; 1 newspaper article about Margot Fonteyn and The Magic of Dance program; 1 photocopied page (page 99) from Dance Magazine, vol. LV, No.10, October 1981. Note on the Beta tape label: Isadora, St. Denis, and Loie Fuller.
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Content description from WorldCat.org
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/magic-of-dance-part-3-what-is-new/oclc/46621731):
Fonteyn looks at the work of some of the greatest of the pioneers of dance, from the Commedia dell'Arte in 17th century Italy to Martha Graham in 20th-century America. This program includes a performance by Fonteyn and Baryshnikov of Fokine's ballet, Le Spectre de la Rose. Also featured are Susanne Kimbauer, Kyra Nijinsky, Patrick Harding-Irmer, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, and Teatro a l'Avogaria.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. 8 pages from Under Cover magazine (not all the same year/issue) with program information circled (one has a description for What Is New stating Dame Margot Fonteyn looks at the work of dance pioneers, both performers and choreographers, who have experimented with new styles and forms; 1 handwritten note with parts 1-6 listed; 1 newspaper article about Margot Fonteyn and The Magic of Dance program; 1 photocopied page (page 99) from Dance Magazine, vol. LV, No.10, October 1981. Note on the Beta tape label: Isadora, St. Denis, and Loie Fuller.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Margot Fonteyn (presenter)
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Date
1983 August 31
Citation
“What Is New? (Margot Fonteyn: The Magic of Dance episode 3) (1983),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections at Arizona State University, accessed October 14, 2026, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/5.