英語名人堂：芳婷
1934年回英國后進(jìn)入倫敦圣德勒·威爾士芭蕾舞學(xué)校，同年參加了舞劇《胡桃夾子》演出，擔(dān)任伴舞演員，飾小雪花，受到重視。后進(jìn)入圣德勒·威爾士芭蕾舞團。
1935年，劇團的主要演員阿莉西亞·瑪爾科娃因故退出舞臺，瑪戈·芳婷代替馬爾科娃扮演《天鵝湖》中的白天鵝奧杰塔，這次成功演出成了她藝術(shù)生命的一個轉(zhuǎn)折點。
1939年她又成功主演了舞劇《吉賽爾》而成為英國的芭蕾明星。
1946年，芳婷在倫敦皇家歌劇劇院演出了舞劇《睡美人》，成功地扮演了劇中的阿芙羅拉公主，再次轟動英國舞壇，更確立了她在英國芭蕾界首席芭蕾演員的地位。她的舞姿輕盈,能將音樂與舞蹈融為一體,舉手投足都富于表情。她對芭蕾藝術(shù)態(tài)度認(rèn)真,不斷地追求和探索,直到息影舞臺。
1958年，巴拿馬政府指控她參與丈夫推翻政府的陰謀，對她簽發(fā)了逮捕令。后來她雖免遭厄運，但她丈夫卻遭槍擊而致殘廢。芳婷以驚人的毅力繼續(xù)她的舞臺演出外，更是以超人的精力照料丈夫，獲得文化界的高度尊敬。
1979年阿什頓專為芳婷創(chuàng)作了舞劇《向芳婷致敬》。年屆六旬的芳婷擔(dān)任女主角。這是她四十五年芭蕾舞臺生涯的最后告別演出。芳婷與英國芭蕾編導(dǎo)阿什頓的合作，一直被芭蕾界傳為佳話。
1979年,訪問中國,將北京舞蹈學(xué)院演出的《賣火柴的小女孩》編入她與英國BBC電視臺合拍的自傳片中。
Margot Fonteyn was born as Margaret Hookham in England in 1919. Many consider her to be the greatest English ballerina of all time. She received the title of Dame when she was 35 from Britain’s Queen. Fonteyn had a sparkling career and encouraged artists of all kinds to share their ideas to find deeper meaning in their work.
The young Margaret signed up for ballet classes when she was very young. She joined Britain’s Royal Ballet while still a teenager. Her exceptional talent was clear to see and by 1939, she was the star of her ballet company. She wowed TV audiences with her role as Aurora in Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty. Her breathtaking grace helped bring ballet to new audiences.
In 1949, she toured the United States and became an instant celebrity. Her status as a ballet great arrived at the time most of her peers thought she would retire. In 1961 she danced with the great Rudolf Nureyev. Their partnership lasted until her retirement in 1979 and is still the greatest the ballet world has witnessed. They became lifelong friends.
Fonteyn was, incredibly, 59 years old when she retired. She spent her final years living with herdiplomat husband in Panama. She summed up her life by saying: "The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous." Fonteyn died of cancer in 1979.
