RUDOLF NOUREEV by Philippe Le Tellier

Strength and grace: on December 14, 1966, Rudolf Nureyev smiles while executing an impeccable acrobatic figure on a table-top. Choreographed by Roland Petit, Nureyev had been filming the televised adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s mimodrama, Le Jeune Homme et la Mort. A classical dance celebrity, Nureyev was, with nearly 8 million dollars in yearly performance fees,