Seeing Fonteyn, and Knowing What Makes Dance Great

“There was one moment when she rested her head gently on her prince’s shoulder, a pose at once trusting and terrified. She seemed made of flesh and other-worldly, an enchanted princess, a swan and a breathing woman all in the same instant. It was the first time I fully understood the power of dance to convey truth without words, to be at once real and unreal.”