set gDates = [[], [0, 0, "The Times, June 17, 1961", 0, "The Times, Feb 22, 1962", "The Times, Feb 13, 1971"], [0, "Sunday Times, June 18, 1978", "Sunday Times, May 5, 1985", "Sunday Times, March 13, 1983", "The Times, Nov 14, 1987", "The Times, Jan 7, 1993"]]
set gName = getat(["Nureyev"],1)
@[]##RUSSIAN BALLET DANCER ASKS FOR ASYLUM##COMPLETE CONQUEST FOR MR. NUREYEV#THE PASSION OF RUDOLF NUREYEV@[]#RUDY'S LONG-AWAITED FAREWELL#"ON STAGE I GIVE EVERYTHING"#EVERLASTING YOUTH#NUREYEV TO GO HOME FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1961#RUDOLF NUREYEV IS DEAD
Since the downfall of Soviet communism, Leningrad, the home of the Kirov ballet, has been renamed St. Petersburg, but the Kirov Theater has not revived its pre-revolutionary name, the Maryinsky#Nureyev's partnership with Margot Fonteyn seemed, at first, most unlikely. He was 24, she was 19 years older#Nureyev appeared in a number of films of ballet stagings, including many famous productions such as Don Quixote, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker#Nureyev did not confine himself solely to classical ballet, appearing in a number of modern dance productions, most notably in America with Martha Graham's company#In his declining years Nureyev was dismissive of younger ballet stars. Mikhail Baryshnikov, who, like Nureyev, had defected from the Kirov to the West, was condemned as being the product of a publicity machine#As a Tatar, Nureyev was not strictly speaking a Russian. Tatars are known for their wild temperament and restless energy, qualities Nureyev possessed in full
