Margot Fonteyn
Biography
Dame Margot Fonteyn was a renowned English ballerina who began ballet lessons at four and went on to study in England and China, where she trained with Russian expatriate dancer Georgy Goncharov. She joined the Vic-Wells Ballet School at 14 and succeeded Alicia Markova as prima ballerina of the company in 1935. Fonteyn's partnership with Sir Frederick Ashton and Michael Somes led to iconic performances like The Sleeping Beauty, cementing her status as one of the world's greatest ballerinas.