Kenneth MacMillan
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Sir Kenneth MacMillan was a British ballet dancer and choreographer who was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977, and its principal choreographer from 1977 until his d
MacMillan towards the end of his life
Ninette de Valois, who recruited and encouraged the young MacMillan
Margot Fonteyn, whose casting as Juliet dismayed MacMillan despite public acclaim
The Royal Opera House, with statue of Katie Pianoff.
Rudolf Nureyev
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Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is widely regarded as the preeminent male ballet dancer of the 20th century, as well as one of the greatest ballet
Kenneth MacMillan
…Prokofiev's score, was choreographed for Seymour and Christopher Gable, but at Webster's insistence the gala premiere was danced by Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. The decision was made for commercial rather than artistic reasons: Fonteyn and Nureyev were internationally known stars and guaranteed a full house…
Nureyev in 1973
Rudolf Nureyev after his defection from the Soviet Union in 1961.
Margot Fonteyn, Fred Astaire and Nureyev from a 1965 appearance on the U.S. television show The Hollywood Palace
Nureyev with Liliana Cosi in Rome, 1972