Rudolf Nureyev
Sacré Bleu! French Squeeze Life From Nutcracker
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Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park in his version
of The Nutcracker.
of The 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.)
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Rapacious Rudy, Divine Dancer and Lifelong Émigré
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‘We want Rudy in the nudy!’
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 »
Jean-Claude Baker … La Vie, l'Amour , Etc
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