Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev following their performance in the Royal Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet at the Metropolitan Opera in 1965 - Bettmann Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet was ...

Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s legendary production of “Swan Lake” co-starring Margot Fonteyn. Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s revolutionary 1964 production of "Swan Lake" with ballerina Margot Fonteyn ...

At 23, Nureyev fled his homeland of Russia to escape persecution for being gay. The first Russian dancer to seek freedom in the West, Nureyev suddenly found himself become an international icon.

He befriended Rudolf Nureyev in 1961 while the Kirov Ballet was in Paris and witnessed his headline-making defection at the height of the Cold War. By Neil Genzlinger She danced with Nureyev and ...

in NYC For Limited Time Only, April 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, and 27 – Encores on August 9, 10, and 15 Romeo and Juliet forbidden love set under the stars of Italy, Verona, in 14th century. Shakespeare ...

Serebrennikov, a leading figure in Russia’s contemporary theatre and a vocal critic of censorship, had been implicitly slapped down by the Bolshoi Theatre when his ballet's premiere was cancelled in ...