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...impact in the ballet. The Boston Ballet opened its 43rd season last weekend with “Don Quixote,” which runs Oct.19-29 at the Wang Theatre. Last performed by the company in 2003, “Don Quixote” boasts choreography by acclaimed dancer Rudolf Nureyev, who also starred in Boston Ballet’s 1982 production of the piece. The three-act ballet pays little attention to the delusional Miguel de Cervantes famous novel, instead focusing on the love affair between Kitri and Basilio, two relatively minor characters. Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen?...
...world's top ballet dancer. Her grace, sense of drama and ability to remain en pointe for seemingly minutes on end won her wide acclaim (and the cover of TIME). Later, when she was in her 40s, she found new life and a new lover with young Rudolf Nureyev. But her story was gaudier than her renown: the stuff of affairs, abortions, gunrunning for her Panamanian husband, an old age stripped of wealth, burial in a pauper's grave. Tony Palmer's thrilling 2005 documentary brims with pertinent clips and lurid gossip. It captures a dancer's life...
...Quixote” followed: “The Dream Scene” and “Kitri Variation.” The group in “The Dream Scene” gave a mostly clean performance in this difficult Marius Petipa-based choreography by Rudolf Nureyev. Both soloists, Jennifer S. Love ’09 and Quadrat, were impressive—complementing each other with grace and technical merit. In the “Kitri Variation,” Kate M. Funderburk ’07 gave an impressive performance that left the audience yearning for more?...
...generation ago, during the Soviet era, defectors like Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nureyev and Natalia Makarova were galvanizing the dance world. Russian dancers and the historic tradition they sprang from were the gold standard in international ballet. Today, however, the buzz is all about Latins...
...such short notice, and New York dance lovers will have to put on their traveling shoes to see a company that helped define classical ballet. Philadelphians are unfortunate too in that they will see the Kirov in the cavernous Mann Music Center. "The Mann Center is a disaster," says Nureyev, who frets that his old company may not be seen to the best advantage. "I once danced there, and a little plane could take off and land inside the auditorium...