NY Observer > Rudolf Nureyev http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/39288/feed Articles from Observer.com en Sacré Bleu! French Squeeze Life From Nutcracker http://www.observer.com/2007/sacr-bleu-french-squeeze-life-nutcracker

Count your blessings, all ye New Yorkers who every Christmas can rejoice in George Balanchine’s masterpiece The Nutcracker. Never have I appreciated it more than in Paris this year, when the Opéra Ballet gave us Rudolf Nureyev’s 1985 version. (For unfathomable reasons, it’s seen frequently in Paris and for years it held the stage in London as well.)

Not even Nureyev’s greatest admirers acclaim him as a great choreographer.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/sacr-bleu-french-squeeze-life-nutcracker#comments Arts & Culture Merle Park Rudolf Nureyev Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:31:30 -0500 Robert Gottlieb 62153 at http://www.observer.com Rapacious Rudy, Divine Dancer and Lifelong Émigré http://www.observer.com/2007/rapacious-rudy-divine-dancer-and-lifelong-migr

I have a dance colleague who complains that there’s too much about sex in Julie Kavanagh’s Nureyev: The Life, and another who says that there isn’t enough.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/rapacious-rudy-divine-dancer-and-lifelong-migr#comments Arts & Culture Julie Kavanagh Rudolf Nureyev Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:28:43 -0400 Nancy Dalva 58638 at http://www.observer.com Jean-Claude Baker … La Vie, l'Amour , Etc http://www.observer.com/node/42173 Jean-Claude Baker bawled like a baby when he first laid eyes on the 6-by-10-foot canvas that he comm  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/42173#comments Media Chez Josephine Josephine Baker Paris Rudolf Nureyev Sun, 07 Nov 1999 19:00:00 -0500 Andrew Goldman 42173 at http://www.observer.com