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

Rudolf Nureyev's
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4/65 to 3/66 - London - RN repertoire at Covent Garden: Giselle, R & J, Swan Lake, Bayadere

4/7/65 - Vienna - Vienna State Opera: Swan Lake (Beriosova)

4/21/65 to 7/25/65 - USA/Canada - Royal Tour: Opened in New York with Kenneth Macmillan's Romeo & Juliet to Prokofiev's music (RN age 27 - MF age 46), Swan Lake, Giselle, Laurentia, Bayadere, M & A.  Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Newark, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago, LA, San Diego, San Francisco, Hollywood, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver.  Fonteyn didn't stay for the whole tour.

5/16/65 - New York - TV - CBS Ed Sullivan Show: San Lake excerpts (Fonteyn)

5/23/65 - New York - TV - CBS Ed Sullivan Show: Gayane pas (Fonteyn)

8 to 9/65 - London - Royal: filming of R & J

10/2/65 - USA - TV-Hollywood Palace: Black Swan pas (Fonteyn), Fred Astaire hosted program (taped 7/65 in LA).

10/9 to 10/27/65 - Italy - Royal on tour: Giselle, R & J, Bayadere; Milan, Rome, Naples, Bologna

10/30/65 - USA - TV- ABC Jimmy Durante Special: La Sylphide excerpts (Seymour)

11/6/65 to 12/23/65 12/25/65 - 1/8/66 - Birmingham, Paris, Copenhagen, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Honolulu - Australian Ballet: Raymonda (Fonteyn and Wells); directed and choreographed (after Petipa) by RN; Giselle (Fonteyn)

1/66  - Paris- Australian Ballet: R & J Balcony Scene, excerpts from Giselle and Raymonda, Corsaire

1/21 and 1/24/66 - Stratford-upon-Avon - Royal Touring Co.: Swan Lake (Fonteyn)

Sometime in '66 - Rome - Rome Opera: La Sylphide (Fracci)

4/66 to 3/67 - London - RN repertoire at Coven Garden: Giselle, R & J, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Bayadere, M & A, Paradise Lost

4/14/66 - London - TV - BBC: Behind the Scenes at the Royal Ballet, rehearsal of R & J with Fonteyn

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