European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Mamo Fonteyn reminisces by Elov o. Aguilar associated press. L it warm evening was Tiller with the i neck Plumy Al chirping Cricket Ai Oyamot i rpt Fonteyn whose infectious smile and magical body onco Chr mid the Hallow it wed no Etc Don Iho career thai made hoi a Prima so is Lill As turn As she was when the performed her Laghlin Sirj Tost Piroue los and delicate adagios Wilh hot Lamont partner. Rudolf Nur Yov. But she Doorn l miss Hal int and is consent Wilh her Lite on a Entile ranch me Injo Panama she greets visitors with hoc husband. Roberto alias on he Largo veranda of choir House on the ores i of a Hill near the sea she pushes his wheelchair and invites her quests to join them under an open thatched hut a guest comments on the Art of aging i Prwivo no Leeling about age at All she says. Ii is not Wei a j i i, a important pc liar my to never i pct Mik h limn Wilh people aim Ario in my my years ,15 a Flanour. I joined the Ballet when i was m f or a while i a Iho younger nil Thuie were people Aldei i played on and on until i tool in to Tho oldest so i never nitty had a sense of ago i do not Lee Thiol there has been a drastic change in my she sail i am Happy hero this is Homo. I do nil realty miss the past i do nol wish i were Back Lloro " in Iho Meral world of Ballet whore a dancer s body can Benlidy a career. Dame Margol Fonteyn was a Miracle of Limcac soness she retired from the stage in 1979 Al the age of 60 the 68 year old Dame commander of he British Empire lives with her husband of 32 years in a Village about 60 Miles Southwest of Panama City. She met Arias when she was 17 and dancing Wilh London s Vic Wells Ballet and he was a student Al Cambridge University to came Back into her Lite 14 years later Vii Isrul lie i l f in in i i a i a photo now so Ballerina Margot Fonteyn with Desmond Kelly who played the King came out of retirement briefly last year for two performances in Miami a Queen Mother in the sleeping it to was t it Pinny Baraiy i cd to ii to has difficulty Spoa Tiru and Vine a ring i Ion Carf luny 1o what to says ind then Illo Oiher i How ver. Anns a Iyow nit of a panamanian Liv Nily inn a Nitoiu Vinol Wilh Lii i in u % and Powick actively pins Conci Shorre it hey Deal with and Nasonal politics a is the sort and Nephew of panamanian a esd cols Yrd of in Cpl Arn Tmur nor to Britain in nor Lipinn to the United nations the Village Ole Hugo Ali Fig is reached by driving Tor More than one hour irom Panama City on the Pacific coastal Highway it 13 the dry season bul the Hills display a Light Given dotted by Palm Trees fruit Trees and bougainvillea As Well As smaller Flower Bushes sin found Trio House there Are also 235 head of cattle on the land Power is provided by an old Generator that Lew hours each Day. A Telephone is located in a Shack whore the electrical Power ends about half a mile a a from the Soo sure outta Pala Larry we go to Panama City and i travel to England to Eoo Tho tar Niy she says bul taking care of the farm uses up a lot of their Lime a Aouilla Pala Means either the Duck Villa or the filth leg depending on How one wishes to translate it this is a cattle Dame Margot says Asil on Cue a Bull appeared on the Side of a Hill. To sell the Callic for beef. 1 have to keep track tit. Once to a while we have a Roll Call " Roll Call she says Wilh a Artuch when you count Arias laughs Al his Wile s unconventional description of a Roundup. Chickens hens and dogs also Romp Reefy on the farm Dame Margot reaches into a Low hanging lower pot and pulls out three eggs this is Millicent s favorite place she says. Millicent is one of the hens. In her spare time Dame Margot advises the National Ballet company of Panama. It was through her efforts that Nur Yov agreed to bring his group to Panama for a one night Benefit Peri Romance in March oame Margol first landed on her docs As a Snowflake in the Vic Wells Ballet s production of the Nutcracker. Two years later Al the ago of 16, shows asked intake Over Alicia Markova s role in los rendezvous by 19, the most difficult role in Ballet she say the title role of Giselle and Aurora in sleeping Beauty the dancer who Tud been born Margaret Hoot Ham in Surrey England quickly became Puria balls Tina ass Olula Wilh the Royal Ballet and remained so until 1959 when Iho company listed her As a guest artist in 1962, she teamed with Nureyev with her versatility and liquid Grace and his Strong personality and sensational leaps they performed some of the most Beautiful ballets Ever seen Erma Bombeck you Alii flt adding Iho words of Onn world s Tae Noii Uhm Lionson banquet Inoch t a Flo a i re lobe alive in at oho of my lectures onco the Tju Igloi Sikir a Oil Ontl i Haislop Iny Pulu i and Fri Iii Loki my Billart in in. 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