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The Latest Breaking News from Rudolf Nureyev

The best theatre to stream this month: Starlight Express, Nye, Beat the Devil and more

A cast recording for the souped-up train musical is released, Michael Sheen plays the NHS hero at the National and David Hare delivers his Covid memoir

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The story behind Kim Jones’ showstopping first couture collection for Dior Men: ‘people want something that nobody else has’

Kim Jones’ first dedicated couture collection for Dior Men draws inspiration from the public and private life of flamboyant ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. In Paris, he tells fashion features editor Jack Moss more

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‘Ballet is so punk rock’: Neve Campbell and Karen Kain on pressure, pain – and partnering Nureyev

The documentary Swan Song shows ballerinas pushing themselves to extremes in pursuit of perfection. Kain and Campbell, its star and producer, talk about the agony and ecstasy of elite performance

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‘Music has ceased to be ageist’: Pet Shop Boys on 40 years of pop genius – and their hopeful new album

The pandemic was but a minor blip in Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s four decades of arch observation, artful imagery and playful theorising. ‘You’ve got to stay interested,’ they say

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Inside this week's ES Magazine: How to travel in 2024

Ben Cobb shares his Editor's Letter from this week's Travel Edition of ES Magazine

Evening Standard

Dior raises barre with Nureyev-inspired collection in Paris

Russian ballet dancer’s personal life and onstage persona explored in uber-luxe quiet-luxury palette

The Guardian - UK

Pro-Kremlin Maestro Gergiev Named Head Of Bolshoi Theatre

Russia on Friday appointed notoriously pro-Kremlin maestro Valery Gergiev, a personal friend of President Vladimir Putin for decades, to lead Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre.

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Wayne Sleep at 75: ‘Did Rudolf Nureyev pinch my bum? More than that’

He danced with ballet’s legends, partied with Freddie Mercury, and became a household name. As he celebrates his birthday with a gala performance, the 5ft 2in dynamo looks back at an action-packed life

The Guardian - UK

Frederick Ashton: Links in the Chain review – fascinating study of a master choreographer

Lynne Wake’s film about Ashton, available online, is a compelling glimpse into the way his great works are reinterpreted by new generations of dancers

The Guardian - UK

Bolshoi pulls Rudolf Nureyev ballet citing Russia’s ban on LGBTQ ‘propaganda’

The ban on any “demonstration of non-traditional relations” contained in a new Russian law apparently prompted the Bolshoi to pull the ballet because it touches on Nureyev’s homosexuality.

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Bolshoi pulls Nureyev ballet citing ban on LGBT 'propaganda'

Russia’s Bolshoi Theater has removed a ballet dedicated to dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire, citing a new Russian law that expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights

The Independent UK

The tell-all queen of TV: how Drew Barrymore became a viral sensation

The actor’s chat show regularly features A-listers giving up their deepest, darkest secrets. But how does she convince them to open up? We analyse five of her greatest moments

The Guardian - UK

Naples parties like 'Rio Carnival', says Napoli title winner Ottavio Bianchi

Rome (AFP) - When Napoli won their first Serie A title in 1987, Naples partied for weeks to honour the team which brought football glory to the much-maligned southern Italian metropolis.

AFP

French ballet choreographer Lacotte dies aged 91

Paris (AFP) - Pierre Lacotte, a French choreographer who as a young man helped ballet superstar Rudolf Nureyev defect from the Soviet Union, died aged 91 on Monday, his wife said.

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French ballet choreographer Lacotte, who helped Nureyev defect, dies at 91

Pierre Lacotte, a French choreographer who as a young man helped ballet superstar Rudolf Nureyev defect from the Soviet Union, died aged 91 on Monday, his wife said.

The Guardian - AU

Don Quixote review – Australian Ballet returns to Nureyev in a sumptuous, exuberant showcase

The company worked with Rudolf Nureyev and Robert Helpmann for the legendary 1973 film – which it has now recreated for the stage

The Guardian - UK

Lynn Seymour obituary

Ballerina who inspired new works from Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton and loved to dance with Rudolf Nureyev

Evening Standard

10 films to see at BFI Flare: Europe’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival

From Oscar nominees to 1970s eroticism: all the unmissable films at BFI Flare 2023

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Alessandra Ferri: ‘Dancing with Nureyev, I swear he had an energetic aura around him’

The principal ballerina on portraying Virginia Woolf, why she’s so enthusiastic about ageing, and what she learned from the greats

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Even a cemetery in France is affected by Putin's war

The largest Russian Orthodox cemetery outside Russia is in a suburb of Paris. This normally tranquil place has become a battleground between Russia and the West.

The Guardian - UK

Dame Beryl Grey obituary

One of the most celebrated British ballerinas of her generation who later dedicated herself to the training of dancers

The Guardian - UK

Dame Beryl Grey, British ballerina with ‘all the gifts’, dies aged 95

Shooting to fame as a teenager with the Royal Ballet, Grey won international acclaim as a dancer and was artistic director of the company that became English National Ballet

The Guardian - UK

Patricia Ruanne obituary

Ballerina who played a Juliet of ‘genuine power’ opposite Nureyev’s Romeo in his 1977 production for London Festival Ballet

The Guardian - UK

The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Nureyev: Legend and Legacy review – making sound visible

Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker creates a revelatory response to Bach, while a gala celebrating the dance legend is full of bravura dancing

The Guardian - UK

Nureyev: Legend and Legacy review – firecracker spins and star turns

Ralph Fiennes introduced this gala honouring the ballet legend, which boasted a dazzling lineup of dancers including Natalia Osipova and Cesar Corrales

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