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Nureyev's ballet boots? Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev cuts a dramatic figure as he arrives at the O'Keefe Centre yesterday for first group rehearsal with(...)
Nureyev's ballet boots? Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev cuts a dramatic figure as he arrives at the O'Keefe Centre yesterday for first group rehearsal with(...)

Nureyev's ballet boots? Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev cuts a dramatic figure as he arrives at the O'Keefe Centre yesterday for first group rehearsal with(...)

Date2/24/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Nureyev's ballet boots? Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev cuts a dramatic figure as he arrives at the O'Keefe Centre yesterday for first group rehearsal with National Ballet this season. He opens tonight in Giselle with Karen Kain. Weekend performances are sold out.
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Legendary times, Toronto's Veronica Tennant was Rudolf Nureyev's first Princess Aurora in the opulent Sleeping Beauty he choreographed for the National Ballet of Canada 10 years ago
Legendary times, Toronto's Veronica Tennant was Rudolf Nureyev's first Princess Aurora in the opulent Sleeping Beauty he choreographed for the National Ballet of Canada 10 years ago
9/1/1972
Nureyev awakens Sleeping Beauty, Rudolf Nureyev, 46, returned to the O'Keefe Centre last night as guest star of the National Ballet of Canada's lavish(...)
Nureyev awakens Sleeping Beauty, Rudolf Nureyev, 46, returned to the O'Keefe Centre last night as guest star of the National Ballet of Canada's lavish(...)
5/9/1984
Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev chats with Celia Franca, artistic director of the national Ballet company, at a party in the O'Keefe Centre after his perfo(...)
Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev chats with Celia Franca, artistic director of the national Ballet company, at a party in the O'Keefe Centre after his perfo(...)
2/9/1971
He crocked his andle. . . Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev tapes ankle he injured when he slipped in snow while wallking Sunday. Last night he danced in La Sylphide at the O'Keefe Centre
He crocked his andle. . . Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev tapes ankle he injured when he slipped in snow while wallking Sunday. Last night he danced in La Sylphide at the O'Keefe Centre
1/6/1965
Stepping into the shoes of Veronica Tennant and Rudolf Nureyev in National Ballet's production of Sleeping Beauty at O'Keefe Centre Saturday afternoon(...)
Stepping into the shoes of Veronica Tennant and Rudolf Nureyev in National Ballet's production of Sleeping Beauty at O'Keefe Centre Saturday afternoon(...)
10/22/1972
Nureyev wants to be alone. Growling Royal Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev has a snack yesterday with ballerina Antoinette Sibley at a downtown cafeteria. N(...)
Nureyev wants to be alone. Growling Royal Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev has a snack yesterday with ballerina Antoinette Sibley at a downtown cafeteria. N(...)
6/7/1965
Sign says it all. No, he's not leaving town-not yet anyway, Rudolf Nureyev walks to O'Keefe Centre Tuesday on his arrival in Toronto to appear with Au(...)
Sign says it all. No, he's not leaving town-not yet anyway, Rudolf Nureyev walks to O'Keefe Centre Tuesday on his arrival in Toronto to appear with Au(...)
2/9/1971
Lasting Memory: Linda Maybarduk, a former National Ballet soloist and friend of Rudolf Nureyev since the '70s, with an autographed photo of the late dancer
Lasting Memory: Linda Maybarduk, a former National Ballet soloist and friend of Rudolf Nureyev since the '70s, with an autographed photo of the late dancer
1/7/1993
Rudolf Nureyev and Veronica Tennant, What is sight they made, says critic William Littler of their performance in the National Ballet's production of (...)
Rudolf Nureyev and Veronica Tennant, What is sight they made, says critic William Littler of their performance in the National Ballet's production of (...)
10/17/1972
A Russian in the glen. Kilted Russian: Rudolf Nureyev, Soviet ballet dancer who defected to the West, danced a Scottish role in la Sylphide' with the (...)
A Russian in the glen. Kilted Russian: Rudolf Nureyev, Soviet ballet dancer who defected to the West, danced a Scottish role in la Sylphide' with the (...)
1/6/1965
Taking Bows after performance of Don Quixote at O'Keefe Centre last night are Rudolf Nureyev and Lucette Aldous (right) and cast member of the Austral(...)
Taking Bows after performance of Don Quixote at O'Keefe Centre last night are Rudolf Nureyev and Lucette Aldous (right) and cast member of the Austral(...)
2/9/1971
Ballet superstar Nureyev in rehearsal
Ballet superstar Nureyev in rehearsal
8/21/1972