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

Rudolf Nureyev's
Chinchilla Cape
 

10/17 to 11/9/69 - Paris - Paris Opera, Palais des Sports: Swan Lake (Motte) Giselle Act II, Rite of Spring; John Taras, artistic director.

11/69 - Trieste - In Giselle, Giovanna Mariani stepped on RN's foot.  He slapped her.  She ran off crying, came back after five minutes to finish performance, and filed suit the next day.

3/2/70 - London - Royal: premiere of Ropes of Time (van Dantzig)

3/70 - Adelaide - Australian Ballet: staged and danced Don Quixote (Lucette Aldous and Robert Helpmann)

3/25/70 - Leningrad - Alexander Pushkin dies.

4/70 to 3/71 - London - RN repertoire at Covent Garden: Giselle, R & J, Swan Lake, Bayadere, Dances at a Gathering, M & A, Ropes of Time

4/21/70-5/31/70 - New York - Royal tour: R & J, Beauty, Nutcracker, Ropes of Time, Giselle, Swan Lake, Bayadere, Raymonda

5/17/70 - New York - RN walked off stage during Act II of Nutcracker, but returned for finish.  Note: This was reported in The Australian Women's Weekly - December 23, 1970.

7/2 - 3/70 - Italy - Gr. Hotel Continentale, Milano

7/17/70 - Italy - Grand Hotel Continental

7/24/70 - London - Ashton Farewell Gala: M & A, Les Rendezvous, Apparitions

9/4/70 - London - Makarova defects

9/17/70 - Milan - La Scala: RN's Beauty (Fonteyn - La Scala debut)

10/19/70 - London - Royal: premiere of Dances at a Gathering

11/14/70 - London - Royal Opera House - Romeo and Juliet, Seymour, Nureyev, Coleman, Doyle, Mead, Farron, Somes, Larsen, Rencher, Conductor: Lawrence.

11/25/70 - London - Royal Opera House - Romeo and Juliet - Seymour, Nureyev, Coleman, Doyle, Mead, Parkinson, Somes, Larsen, Rencher, Conductor: Lawrence.

12/70 - England - TV: Black Swan pas (Makarova)

12/16/70 - New York - Vacation - attended Bruhn/Makarova Giselle

12/26/70 to 3/71 - USA/Canada - Australian Ballet, US tour: Don Quixote (RN dancing all performances); LA, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Toronto, Boston.

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