- Margot Fonteyn: autobiography., London: W. H. Allen, 1975.
- A dancer's world : an introduction for parents and students, London : W. H. Allen, 1978.
- The magic of dance, New York : Knopf, 1979.
- Pavlova: portrait of a dancer, New York, N.Y., : Viking, 1984.
- Swan lake, San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1989.
- Coppàelia, San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1997.
- Her stage credits include: title role in the ballet "Cinderella", music by Sergei Prokofiev (Royal Opera House, London, 1956)
- (March 15, 1937) She danced to "Divertissement," at the The Vic-Wells Coronation Year Ball at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London, England with Lilian Baylis, Ivor Novello, Leslie Banks, Edith Evans, Harold Turner, Robert Helpmann, Mary Honer, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Charles B. Cochran in the cast. Ninette De Valois was choreographer. Laurence Olivier and Edith Evans presented prizes. Charles B. Cochran, Leslie Banks, and Ivor Novello were judges for the fancy dress parade.
- (October 23, 1937) She performed in the ballet, "Carnaval, Apparitions, Casse Noisette Act III" in the Vic-Wells Ballet at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, England with Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton, Elizabeth Miller, Pamela May, Mary Honer, Joy Newton, Harold Turner, Claude Newman, William Chappell, Leslie Edwards, and Michael Somes in the cast.
- (July 19, 1943) She performed in the ballet, "The Wise Virgins" by Frederick Ashton, "The Birds" by Robert Helpmann, and "The Rake's Progress" by Ninette De Valois in a Sadler's Wells Ballet at the Opera House in Manchester, England with Alexis Rassine, David Paltenghi, Leslie Edwards, Moyra Fraser, Beryl Grey, and Robert Helpmann in the cast.
- (July 14, 1943) She performed in the ballet, "Les Rendezvous" by Frederick Ashton, "Hamlet" by Robert Helpmann, and "A Wedding Bouquet" by Frederich Ashton in a Sadler's Wells Ballet at the Opera House in Manchester, England with Beryl Grey, Moira Shearer, Alexis Rassine, Robert Helpmann, Moyra Fraser, David Paltenghi, and Leslie Edwards in the cast. Constant Lambert was speaker.
- (October 21, 1942) She performed in the ballet, "Les Sylphides" by Fokine, "Hamlet" by Robert Helpmann, and "Casse Noisette Act II: The Kingdom of Sweets" by Ivanoff, in a Sadler's Wells Ballet at the New Theatre in London, England with Beryl Grey, Alexis Rassine, Celia Franca, Moira Shearer, David Paltenghi, Robert Helpmann, Peggy Van Praagh, John Field, Jean Bedells, and Moyra Fraser in the cast. Constant Lambert was orchestra conductor.
- (April 1, 1942) She performed in the ballet, "The Haunted Ballroom" by Ninette De Valois, "Comus" by Robert Helpmann, and "Casse Noisette Act II: The Kingdom of Sweets" by Ivanorff in a Sadler's Wells Ballet at the New Theatre in London, England with Robert Helpmann, David Paltenghi, Jean Bedells, Peggy Van Praagh, Beryl Grey, Moyra Fraser, John Field, Celia Franca, Lorna Mossford and Joy Newton in the cast. Constant Lambert was orchestra conductor.
- (February 26, 1938) She performed in the ballet, "Coppelia, Apparitions," in a Vic-Wells Ballet at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, England with Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann, Mary Honer, Harold Turner, Claude Newman, Joy Newton, William Chappell, Leslie Edwards, Michael Somes, and Margaret Bolam in the cast.
- (July 18, 1951) She danced in the ballet, "The Rake's Progress," "Symphonic Variations," and "Tiresias," in a Sadler's Wells Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, Gerd Larsen, Pauline Clayden, Moira Shearer, Michael Somes, Nadia Nerina, Brian Shaw, Rosemary Lindsay, John Hart, Margaret Dale, Anne Heaton, Desmond Doyle, Kenneth MacMillan, Gilbert Vernon, Peter Clegg, and Alfred Rodrigues in the cast.
- (July 8, 1950) She danced in the ballet, "The Three Cornered Hat," "Ballabile," and "Ballet Imperial," in a Sadler's Wells Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Harold Turner, Palma Nye, John Hart, Mary Drage, Franklin White, Leslie Edwards, Kenneth MacMillan, Gillian Lynne, Peter Clegg, Violetta Elvin, Alexander Grant, Anne Negus, Philip Chatfield, Michael Somes, and Beryl Grey in the cast.
- (May 5, 1956) She performed in Ninette De Valois' ballet, "The Rake's Progress," and Frederick Ashton's ballet, "Birthday Offering," and "Facade" in a Sadler's Wells Ballet production (Silver Anniversary Celebration) at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards, Julia Farron, Nadia Nerina, Svetlana Beriosova, Michael Somes, and Merle Park in the cast.
- (September 24, 1952) She performed in the ballet, "Sylvia," in a Sadler's Wells Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Michael Somes, John Hart, Alexander Grant, Peter Clegg, Desmond Doyle, Ronald Hynd, Leslie Edwards, and Svetlana Beriosova in the cast.
- (June 11, 1959) She performed in Von Dohnanyi's ballet, "The Shadow,"; Franck's ballet, "Symphonic Variations,"; and Ravel's ballet, "Daphnis and Chloe," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Philip Chatfield, Svetlana Beriosova, Derek Rencher, Merle Park, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, and Desmond Doyle in the cast.
- (September 10, 1959) She performed in Hans Werner Henze's ballet, "Ondine," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, and Monica Mason in the cast.
- (December 9, 1959) She performed in the ballet, "Antigone,"; Franck's ballet, "Symphonic Variations,"; and Ravel's ballet, "Daphnis and Chloe," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Leslie Edwards, Svetlana Beriosova, Julia Farron, David Blair, Gary Burne, Donald MacLeary, Michael Somes, Rosemary Lindsay, Brian Shaw, Annette Page, Pirmin Trecu, Ronald Hynd, Alexander Grant, Merle Park, Doreen Wells, Antoinette Sibley, Monica Mason, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Peter Clegg, and Derek Rencher in the cast.
- (November 11, 1958) She performed in the ballet, "Ondine," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Michael Somes, Julia Farron, Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, Monica Mason, Deirdre Dixon, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Deanne Bergsma, Desmond Doyle, Ronald Hynd, Gary Burne, Derek Rencher, Peter Clegg, Merle Park, Doreen Wells, Antoinette Sibley, and Graham Usher in the cast. Hans Werner Henze was conductor.
- (February 26, 1963) She performed in the ballet, "Diversions," and "Giselle," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Rudolph Nureyev, Leslie Edwards, David Drew, Donald MacLeary, Graham Usher, Deanne Bergsma, Derek Rencher, Gerd Larsen, Pamela May, and Antoinette Sibley in the cast.
- (January 15, 1966) She performed in the ballet, "Cinderella," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with David Blair, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards, Annette Page, Antoinette Sibley, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Merle Park, Deanne Bergsma, Alexander Grant, David Drew, Derek Rencher, and Wayne Sleep in the cast.
- (March 3, 1966) She performed in the ballet, "Giselle," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Rudolph Nureyev, Leslie Edwards, David Drew, and Jennifer Penney in the cast.
- (March 12, 1966) She performed in the ballet, "Romeo and Juliet," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Rudolph Nureyev, David Drew, Desmond Doyle, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Jennifer Penney, Monica Mason, and Deanne Bergsma in the cast.
- (March 16, 1966) She performed in the ballet, "Swan Lake," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Rudolph Nureyev, Keith Rosson, Leslie Edwards, Deanne Bergsma, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Monica Mason, David Drew, Merle Park, Antoinette Sibley, Graham Usher, Alexander Grant and Anthony Dowell in the cast.
- (April 9, 1966) She performed in the ballet, "Cinderella," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Donald MacLeary, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Edwards, Annette Page, Antoinette Sibley, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Merle Park, Deanne Bergsma, Alexander Grant, Graham Usher, Anthony Dowell, David Drew, Derek Rencher, and Wayne Sleep in the cast.
- (June 29, 1966) She performed in MacMillan's ballet, "The Songs of the Earth," and Frederick Ashton's ballet, "Daphnis and Chloe," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Rudolph Nureyev, Donald MacLeary, David Drew, Lynn Seymour, Jennifer Penney, Monica Mason, Lesley Collier, Christopher Gable, and Alexander Grant in the cast. Norma Procter and William McAlpine were singers.
- (May 21, 1967) She performed in the ballet, "Romeo and Juliet," in a Royal Ballet production at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City with Rudolf Nureyev, David Blair, Ronald Hynd, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Georgina Parkinson, Leslie Edwards, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Gerd Larsen, Christopher Newton, Betty Kavanagh, Ann Jenner, Jennifer Penney, Lesley Collier, Monica Mason, Deanne Bergsma, Rosalind Eyre, Ian Hamilton, and Michael Coleman in the cast. John Lanchbery was conductor.
- (March 27, 1969) She performed in the ballet, "Raymond Act III," "Olympiad," and Pelleas Et Melisande," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Svetlana Beriosova, Donald MacLeary, Merle Park, Antoinette Sibley, Deanne Bergsma, Desmond Doyle, Monica Mason, Keith Rosson, Robert Mead, David Drew, and Rudolf Nureyev in the cast.
- (February 12,1972,) She performed in the ballet, "Romeo and Juliet," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Rudolf Nureyev, Michael Coleman, Desmond Doyle, Derek Rencher, Michael Somes, Leslie Edwards, Deanne Bergsma, Wayne Sleep, and Wayne Eagling in the cast.
- (May 29, 1973) She performed in the ballet, "Raymonda Act III," "Enigma Variations," and "Daphnis and Chloe," in a Royal Ballet production at the London Coliseum in London, England with Rudolf Nureyev, David Drew, Wayne Eagling, Derek Rencher, Svetlana Beriosova, Alexander Grant, Desmond Kelly, Anthony Dowell, Desmond Doyle, Doreen Wells, Wayne Sleep, Leslie Edwards, Deanne Bergsma, Jennifer Penney, and David Wall in the cast. Adrian Boult and Ashley Lawrence were conductors.
- (May 23, 1979) She performed in the ballet, "Tribute to Margot Fonteyn on Her 60th Birthday: Glazounov's Birthday Offering, Elgar's Salut D'Amour A Margot Fonteyn, Franck's Symphonic Variations, and Walton's Facade," in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Lesley Collier, Jennifer Penney, Monica Mason, Wayne Eagling, Stephen Jefferies, Derek Deane, Marguerite Porter, Mark Silver, Merle Park, David Wall, Michael Coleman, Graham Fletcher, Ashley Page, and Robert Helpmann in the cast. Frederick Ashton was choreographer.
- (July 4, 1977 - July 9, 1977) She performed in the ballet, "Les Sylphides," "Le Corsaire Pas De Deux," "Brahms Waltzes," and "Marguerite and Armand," in a Nureyev Festival production at the London Coliseum in London, England with Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia Makarova, Lynn Seymour, Michael Soames, and Leslie Edwards in the cast. Barry Wordsworth conducted the Orchestra of London Festival Ballet.
- (August 7, 1978 - August 19, 1978) She performed in the ballet, "Gala Ballet Season," in a Victor Hochhauser Presentation Production at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England with Maina Gielgud, Natalia Makarova, Yoko Morishita Galina Panov, Lynn Seymour, Fernando Bujones, Stephen Jefferies, Jonathan Kelly, Peter Martins, Ivan Nagy, Valery Panov, and Tetsutaro Shimuizu in the cast.
- (October 29, 1972) She acted in the production, "Sybil: A Celebration of Sybil Thorndike's 90th Birthday" at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, England with Sybil Thorndike, Laurence Olivier, Jane Casson, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Ustinov, Joan Plowright, Alec Guinness, Joyce Grenfell, Angela Baddeley, Margaret Webster, Ursula Jeans, Peggy Ashcroft, Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Joyce Redman, Wendy Hiller, Irene Worth, Paul Scofield, David Wall, Richard Pasco, Roger Livesey, Celia Johnson, Edith Evans, Rachel Kempson, Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, and George Rylands in the cast. Murray MacDonald and Wendy Toye were directors.
- (October 18, 1948) She played the title role in the ballet, "Cinderella," in the Sadler's Wells Ballet company production at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City with Michael Somes (Prince); Robert Helpmann (stepsister); Frederick Ashton (stepsister); Pamela May (Ragged Fairy Godmother) and Alexander Grant (Jester) in the cast. Nadia Nerina; Violetta Elvin; Pauline Clayden and Beryl Grey played the Fairies in the cast. Sergei Prokofiev was composer. Frederick Ashton was also choreographer. Joan-Denis Malcles was scenery and costume designer.
- (April 21, 1965) She played Juliet in the ballet, "Romeo and Juliet," in the Royal Ballet production at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City with Rudolf Nureyev (Romeo) in the cast. Sergei Prokofiev was composer. Kenneth MacMillan was choreographer. Nicholas Georgiadis was scenery and costume designer. William Bundy was lighting designer.
- (February 9, 1965) She played Juliet in the ballet, "Romeo and Juliet," in the Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Rudolf Nureyev (Romeo) in the cast. Sergei Prokofiev was composer. Kenneth MacMillan was choreographer. Nicholas Georgiadis was scenery and costume designer. William Bundy was lighting designer.
- (February 2, 1939) She played Princess Aurora in the ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty," in the Sadler's Wells ballet production at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, England with Robert Helpmann (Prince); June Brae (Lilac Fairy); Mary Honey (Bluebird) and Harold Turner (Bluebird) in the cast. Nicholas Sergeyev was choreographer. Marius Petipa was original choreographer. Nadia Benois was scenery and costume designer.
- (February 20, 1946) She played Princess Aurora in the ballet, 'The Sleeping Beauty," in the Sadler's Wells Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Robert Helpmann (Prince); Beryl Grey (Lilac Fairy); Pamela May (Bluebird) and Alexis Rassine (Bluebird) in the cast. Frederick Ashton and Ninette De Valois were choreographers. Oliver Messel was scenery and costume designer.
- (After October 9, 1949) She played Princess Aurora in the ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty," in the Sadler's Wells Ballet production in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Robert Helpmann (Prince); Beryl Gray (Lilac Fairy); Moira Shearer and Alexis Rassine in the cast.
- (October 9, 1949) She played Princess Aurora in the ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty," in the Sadler's Wells Ballet production at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City with Robert Helpmann (Prince); Beryl Gray (Lilac Fairy); Moira Shearer and Alexis Rassine in the cast.
- (September 17, 1970) She performed in the ballet, 'The Sleeping Beauty," at the La Scala Theatre in Milan, Italy with Rudolf Nureyev in the cast. Nicholas Georgiadis was scenery and costume designer.
- (September 17, 1970) He performed in the ballet, 'The Sleeping Beauty," at the La Scala Theatre in Milan, Italy with Rudolf Nureyev in the cast. Nicholas Georgiadis was scenery and costume designer.
- (October 29, 1949) She performed in the ballet, "Swan Lake," in the United States with Robert Helpmann in the cast. Peter Ilyich Tchaikowsky was composer. V.P. Begitchev and Vasily Geltzer wrote the book.
- (December 12, 1963) She performed in the ballet, "Swan Lake," in the Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with David Blair in the cast. Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton, Rudolf Nureyev and Maria Fay were also choreographers. Carl Toms was scenery and costume designer. Peter Tchaikovsky was composer.
- (1964) She performed in the ballet, "Swan Lake," at the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria with Rudolf Nureyev in the cast. Rudolf Nureyev was also choreographer. Peter Tchaikovsky was composer.
- (October 3, 1969) She performed in the ballet, "La Sylphide," in the National Ballet of Washington production. Elsa Marianne Von Rosen was choreographer. Jean Schneitzhoeffer was composer. Adolphe Nouritt was writer.
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