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

Rudolf Nureyev's
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5/18/66 - Vienna - Vienna State Opera: premiere of Tancredi, choreographed by RN

5/66 - 6/66 - Vienna - Vienna State Opera: Tancredi, Swan Lake (Fonteyn)

6/8 to 6/24/66 - Monte Carlo, Florence, Athens - Royal on tour: R & J, Bayadere; Monte Carlo, Florence, Athens

7/66 - Vienna - Filming of RN's Swan Lake

7/13 & 7/14/66 - Paris - Int'l Ballet Festival, Ballet du Centenaire: Giselle (Fonteyn)

7/16/66 - London - Royal Touring Company: premiere of RN's Raymonda Act III with David Wall and new design by Barry Kay

9/66 - Milan - La Scala: Corsaire and M & A (Fonteyn)

9/22/66 - Milan - La Scala: premiere of RN's Sleeping Beauty (Fracci)

10/31/66 - London - Premiere at Royal Festival Hall of Royal's filmed Romeo and Juliet

12/1/66 - Vienna - Vienna State Opera: premiere of RN's Don Quixote (Wuhrer)

12/17/66 - Zurich - Zurich Ballet: Swan Lake

1/67 - 3/67  - Paris - Filming of Le Jeune Homme et le Mort

1/67-4/67 - Milan - La Scala: danced own Sleeping Beauty intermittently (Fracci)

1/29/67 - East Grinstead - Royal Gala for opening of Adeline Genee Theatre: Birthday Offering pas (Fonteyn)

2/23/67 - London - Royal Gala: premiere of Paradise Lost (Fonteyn) (The British Broadcasting Corporation filmed the rehearsal of Paradise Lost in order to show the public a little of the backstage atmosphere.)

67 - London - Zurich Opera: Swan Lake (Haydee)

3/31/67 - to Milan

4/1 - 4/2/67 - Milan - Performed Sleeping Beauty

4/3/67 - to Zurich - 4/3/67 performance of Swan Lake

4/7/67 - London - returned to London - 4/8/67 performance - Paradise

4/67 to 3/68  -  London - RN's repertoire at Covent Garden: Giselle, Nutcracker (choreographer), R & J, Swan Lake, Bayadere, Birthday Offering, Jazz Calendar, M & A, Paradise Lost, Les Sylphides

4/9/67 - to Buenos Aires

4/12 to 4/29/67 - Buenos Aires & Rio de Janeiro (4/21/67) - Colon Theatre.  Ballet Rio de Janeiro. Giselle, M & Armand, Corsaire (Fonteyn)

4/29/67 - to New York

4/19/67 - Austria - TV: RN's Swan Lake televised (Fonteyn)

4/18/67 to 8/6/67 - USA/Canada - Royal tour: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Vancouver, St. Louis.  Repertoire: Giselle, Swan Lake, R & J, Paradise Lost.

5/6/67 - New York - Swan Lake

5/9/67 - New York - Swan Lake

5/10/67 - New York - Paradise Lost

5/12/67 - New York - Paradise Lost

5/14/67 - New York - Giselle

5/23/67 - New York - Paradise Lost

5/25/67 - New York - Romeo & Juliet, Merle

5/26/67 - New York - Giselle

5/27/67 - New York - Matinee - Romeo & Julet - Merle

5/28/67 - New York - Swan Lake

5/30 6/3/67 - Boston

6/5- 6/67 - Philadelphia

6/7-10/67 - Montreal

6/12- 14/67 - Toronto

6/15-16/67 - Cleveland

6/17-20/67 - Detroit

6/22 - 27/67 - Chicago

6/30 - 7/4/67 - Los Angeles

7/6-7/12/67 - San Francisco

7/12/67 - San Francisco - Fonteyn & Nureyev arrested in raid on party.  Details *

7/14-18/67 - Hollywood

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