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,
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