People addicted to nasty estate battles have been going into withdrawal lately. With the financial legacies of Andy Warhol and Doris Duke pretty much ironed out, there’s been precious little to watch ...

Federal District Court Judge Danny Chin rules in favor of Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation in dispute with Nureyev's family over $7 million from the dancer's estate used to establish the foundation (S) ...

He was the first Soviet from the arts world to defect to the West, paving the way for other ballet stars such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Alexander Godunov. And in deserting his homeland, Rudolf ...

It was a scene straight out of a paranoid thriller: 1961, a Paris airport, the KGB circling ever closer around a famous Russian, bent on closing the net around their prey. A waiting plane destined for ...

He befriended Rudolf Nureyev in 1961 while the Kirov Ballet was in Paris and witnessed his headline-making defection at the height of the Cold War. By Neil Genzlinger She danced with Nureyev and ...