The Dancer Who Flew, A Memoir of Rudolf Nureyev, by Linda Maybarduk

Rudolf Nureyev's
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7/22-27/86 - Washington - Paris Opera: Swan Lake, Les Mirages, Washington Square, Palais de Cristal, Raymonda variations; at the Met; Legris made an etoile on stage.  Bomb threat at 7/26 performance of Swan Lake.

8/1/86 - New Jersey - Nureyev & Friends: Apollo, Pas de Seis, Don Quixote pas, R & J pas, Two Brothers (Daniel Ezralow).

8/11-12/86 - London - Festival Ballet: Coppelia

8/12/86 - London - RN joined the effort to "Save the Lyceum"

8/22/86 - Saratoga - Nureyev & Friends

8/24/86 - Boston - Nureyev & Friends

10-11/86 - England - Festival Ballet tour: Coppelia

10/25/86 - Paris - Paris Opera: premiere of Cinderella; RN danced role of director on 11/8 and 11/12.

10/28-11/6/86 - US & Canada - Nureyev & Friends: Apollo, Two Brothers, etc.  Hamilton, Montreal, Worcester, Memphis, Norfolk

12/4-6/86 - Manchester - Northern Ballet: Swan Lake

12/11-14/86 - Nancy - Ballet de Nancy: Homage to Diaghilev

12/27 & 28/86 - Monte Carlo - Marco Spada

12/86 -3/87 - Paris - Nureyev & Friends: Apollo, Two Brothers, etc. (with French friends).

1/7 - 8/87 - Sheffield - Northern Ballet: Swan Lake

1/16-31/87 - US & Canada - Nureyev & Friends; in Calgary, Madison, Danville, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Oklahoma City, Des Moines

2/17-22/87 - Milan - Paris Opera: Don Quixote, at La Scala.

2/25/87 - Toronto - 35th Anniversary gala of National Ballet of Canada: Wayfarer (Augustin)

3/8-28/87 - US, Canada & Panama - Nureyev & Friends: Apollo, Wayfarer and Two Brothers; Philadelphia, Sarasota, Clearwater, Panama, Detroit, Miami, Vancouver, Los Angeles

5/4/87 - New York - RN receives Capezio Award

5/6/87 - New York - Clive Barnes reported that RN holds the Guinness Record for the longest curtain call.

5/6-8/87 - New York - ABT: Giselle

5/12-16/87 - Manchester - Northern Ballet: Miss Julie, The Lesson, Coppelia

6/2  - 3/87 - Cardiff - Ballet du Louvres: Giselle (Pontois)

6/15 - 20/87 - New York - Paris Opera: Cinderella

7/87 - London - Nureyev Festival, Festival Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (RN as Mercutio), Coppelia

8/6 - 13/87 - USA - Nureyev & Friends: Apollo, Two Brothers; Concord, Costa Mesa, Las Vegas

8/18 - 22/87 - Edinburgh - Ballet de Nancy: Homage to Diaghilev

8/28/87 - London - Ballet de Nancy: Homage to Diaghilev

10/87 - Paris - Paris Opera: Swan Lake (RN played both Siegfried and Rothbart).

10/6/87 - New York - Graham Dance Co.: Appalachian Spring (with Baryshnikov); scene at gala dinner with Ron Protas; Martha published letter in newspaper.

11/14/87 - Russia - RN visited mother on 48-hour visa to Ufa through Moscow.

11/27 - 28/87 - Atlantic City - Nureyev & Friends: at Caesar's Palace

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