In which ballet television adaptation did she and Somes dance for the BBC?
The Nutcracker
The Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella
Swan Lake
Answer
The Nutcracker is a ballet television adaptation that Dame Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes danced for the BBC. The adaptation was made in 1955 and was the first ballet to be broadcast on television in the United Kingdom. It was directed by Peter Morley and starred Dame Margot Fonteyn as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Michael Somes as the Prince.
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