The Ebb and Flow (Margot Fonteyn: The Magic of Dance episode 2) (1983)
Title
The Ebb and Flow (Margot Fonteyn: The Magic of Dance episode 2) (1983)
Subject
Ballet
Dame Margaret Fonteyn
URL
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Description
Episode 2 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-episode-2-the-ebb-and-flow/oclc/317360638):
Dance has always moved freely across borders. In the 19th century, Italian and French dancers journeyed to Russia to make their names. In the 20th century, Diaghilev reversed the flow by bringing the Ballet Russes to live and work in Europe. George Balanchine, a Russian who danced for Diaghilev in the 1920's, established a new tradition of American ballet in the U.S. Fonteyn explores the theme of dance's ebb and flow. She visits Tchaikovsky's house near Moscow and talks to Marie Rambert about Diaghilev. This program includes rare film of Anna Pavlova dancing three of her most famous solos. Other performances include: Carolyn Sinclair, Matthew Hawkins and Sue Nye dancing "Flor and Zephyr;" Wayne Sleep impersonating America's John Durang doing the Hornpipe to show what was popular in America; Fonteyn and Nureyev performing the pas de deux from "Giselle;" Spanish dancing is illustrated with a performance of "Zapeado;" the opening and adagio from "Don Quixote" are performed by Yoki Morishita and Fetsutaru Shimizu; Fonteyn performs in "Sleeping Beauty" and Mikhail Baryshnikov in "Petrushka;" the pas de deux from "Apollo" is danced by Vyvyan Lorraine and Desmond Kelly.
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 The Ebb and Flow stating Dame Margot Fonteyn discusses Diaghilev, who brought the Ballets Russe to Western Europe. Performances include archival film footage of Anna Pavlova; 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 Beta tape label mentions Isadora.
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.
Content description from WorldCat.org
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/magic-of-dance-episode-2-the-ebb-and-flow/oclc/317360638):
Dance has always moved freely across borders. In the 19th century, Italian and French dancers journeyed to Russia to make their names. In the 20th century, Diaghilev reversed the flow by bringing the Ballet Russes to live and work in Europe. George Balanchine, a Russian who danced for Diaghilev in the 1920's, established a new tradition of American ballet in the U.S. Fonteyn explores the theme of dance's ebb and flow. She visits Tchaikovsky's house near Moscow and talks to Marie Rambert about Diaghilev. This program includes rare film of Anna Pavlova dancing three of her most famous solos. Other performances include: Carolyn Sinclair, Matthew Hawkins and Sue Nye dancing "Flor and Zephyr;" Wayne Sleep impersonating America's John Durang doing the Hornpipe to show what was popular in America; Fonteyn and Nureyev performing the pas de deux from "Giselle;" Spanish dancing is illustrated with a performance of "Zapeado;" the opening and adagio from "Don Quixote" are performed by Yoki Morishita and Fetsutaru Shimizu; Fonteyn performs in "Sleeping Beauty" and Mikhail Baryshnikov in "Petrushka;" the pas de deux from "Apollo" is danced by Vyvyan Lorraine and Desmond Kelly.
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 The Ebb and Flow stating Dame Margot Fonteyn discusses Diaghilev, who brought the Ballets Russe to Western Europe. Performances include archival film footage of Anna Pavlova; 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 Beta tape label mentions Isadora.
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)
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Date
1983 August 30
Citation
“The Ebb and Flow (Margot Fonteyn: The Magic of Dance episode 2) (1983),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections at Arizona State University, accessed October 5, 2026, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/6.