(First Arabesque 1937)

[Jimmy O'Connell]

(First Arabesque 1937)
Margot Fonteyn1919-1991

White cotton and silk in flow and muse,
A raven swan beauty gliding on the screen;
Her black eyes indwelling and demure,

A smile that graces and lithely dances;
She was one who had a need to be
Needed. A saint, then, and an artist?

Willing the one thing: a marriage of
Music and movement, her smile concealing
The longed for pain of all her knowing:

The coda in a pauper’s grave is nothing
To our applause and fulfilment of dance.


BBC First Arabesque 1937
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBkVXP1taRE

[Byron]

Jimmy, your piece throughout is a mirror to the image on screen; as light as a 'feather'.......


Thanks.

[Jimmy O'Connell]

Thanks Byron for the appreciation...