Margot Fonteyn was born in Amsterdam and arrived in the United States at the age of nine. She was the only child in a family of three brothers and two sisters. When she was thirteen years old, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City under the direction of Artur Rubinstein. From there she went on to become one of the most famous ballerinas in the world
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She danced with the Royal Ballet and performed with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet for nearly twenty years. Her professional career spanned more than five decades and took her from Germany to Cuba, Argentina, and France. She danced with many renowned choreographers including George Balanchine, Vaslav Nijinsky, Roland Petit, John Cranko, Antony Tudor, Frederick Ashton, Jacques d'Amboise, Rudolf Nureyev, Jerome Robbins and Peter Wright.