OH JOY, there's going to be a ballet season on BBC TV in March. Included is a programme of highlights from
The Sleeping Beauty from 1959 starring Margot Fonteyn - and the above kiss sequence which has been long lost and resuscitated by a clever someone somewhere just in time for Valentine's Day. Other airings will include
Good Swan, Bad Swan - Tamara Rojo on dancing
Swan Lake; Darcey Bussell talking about her ballet heroines; and
Dancing in the Blitz, about British ballet during World War II, including rare footage of Ashton's
Symphonic Variations.