Wayne Sleep at 75: ‘Did Rudolf Nureyev pinch my bum? More than that’
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Like Water for Chocolate, Heart and more
March 2023
Lynn Seymour obituary
Ballerina who inspired new works from Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton and loved to dance with Rudolf Nureyev
April 2022
From the Observer archive
A jazz player, a rock climber and Doris Lessing: life for women over 50, 1975
A war opportunity, the first female ascent in the Alps, and an ex-Communist
January 2022
Galina Samsova obituary
Ballet dancer with a distinctive Russian style who was noted for her musicality and acting ability
June 2021
Carla Fracci obituary
Violetta Elvin obituary
March 2021
Saved: portrait of the queen of dance who changed the course of ballet
Donors contribute to buy painting of Tamara Karsavina, co-founder of the London ballet school
December 2020
Discovery of Margot Fonteyn film footage excites ballet lovers
Record of ballerina with young dancers in 1972 found in Royal Academy of Dance archives
February 2020
From the Guardian archive
Margot Fonteyn: 'I've never been a dedicated dancer' – archive, 1970
3-tutu-1-go! Ballet superstars backstage – in pictures
July 2019
Ballet legend Beryl Grey: 'It’s amazing what the human body can take'
She did Swan Lake on her 15th birthday, collaborated with the combustible Rudolf Nureyev and was the first westerner to perform with the Bolshoi. The dame reflects on a life in dance
May 2019
Prime mover: Margot Fonteyn centenary – in pictures
One hundred years after her birth, join us as we step back in time to celebrate the life of the Royal Ballet’s prima ballerina assoluta
May 2018
Other lives
William Perrie obituary
Ballet soloist and entomologist, who perfomed with Nureyev and Fonteyn
February 2018
Sets by Picasso, costumes by Matisse: artists who designed for dance – in pictures
This year, Sadler’s Wells in London presents collaborations with sculptor Antony Gormley and the late painter Howard Hodgkin. Here are some classic examples of how art has mixed with dance
July 2017
Other lives
Nathan David obituary
Other lives: Sculptor who created bronzes of ballet dancers including Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn
December 2016
TV review
Darcey Bussell: Looking for Margot review – a life dancing close to the edge
Fonteyn’s story of Panamanian revolution puts Bussell in the shade. Plus, Inside the Christmas Factory, with shouty Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey
June 2016
Sir Peter Wright memoir reveals monster feuds of ballet greats
Rudolf Nureyev is recalled as a troubled man who ‘pushed people, behaving appallingly’ in new book
November 2015
In ballet, real-life romance is the enemy of onstage chemistry
Lyndsey Winship
From the Guardian archive
Fonteyn and Nureyev sparkle in Le Corsaire at Covent Garden
