Facts About world-famous ballerinas:

          Margot Fonteyn:

• Dame Margot Fonteyn (born Margaret Hookham; 1919-1991) was an outstanding and beloved classical ballerina with an extensive career, from 1934 to 1979. She danced for England's Royal Ballet, putting British ballet on the international map.
• Fonteyn was awarded a DBE (made a dame) in 1956 at the age of 37
• In 1933, she joined the Vic-Wells Ballet School, the predecessor of today's Royal Ballet School. She trained under the direction of Ninette de Valois and teachers including Olga Preobrajenska and Mathilde Kschessinska. After starting with the Vic-Wells Ballet, she rose quickly through the ranks of the company. By 1939, Fonteyn had performed principal roles in Giselle, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty and was appointed Prima Ballerina.
• In 1955, Fonteyn married Dr. Roberto Arias, a Panamanian diplomat to London. Their marriage was initially a rocky one due to his infidelities

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 Anna Pavlova:

• A Russian ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th century.
• She graduated from the Imperial Ballet School in 1899 at the age of 18.
• She was the first ballerina to tour around the world - remembered for the creation of the role of The Dying Swan. 
• She founded her own company and toured the world over.
• The Pavlova dessert is believed to have been created in honour of the dancer either during or after one of her tours to Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s. The nationality of its creator has been a source of argument between the two nations for many years.
• Anna Pavlova was able to complete 37 twirls while on top of a moving elephant while on a tour in China.

          Svetlana Lunkina:

• She was born in Moscow in 1979. She graduated from the Moscow Choreographic Academy (class of Marina Leonova) in 1997 and joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company 
• In her first year at the Bolshoi, she danced the main role in the premiere performances of a new production of Giselle by Vladimir Vasiliev.
• In October 2004, she returned to the stage and her first performance was again in the title role of Giselle. She was appointed principal in 2005

          Alicia Alonso:

• Born in Cuba. born "Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad MartÌnez Hoya" on December 21, 1920
• Alicia studied in Havana , then in New York with Vilzak and at the School of American Ballet , and later with Volkova in London
• Alonso danced solos in Europe and elsewhere well into her 70s, although her near blindness became increasingly apparent
• As director and leading dancer of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Alicia Alonso has been an inspiration and guide to the new generations of Cuban dancers.