Today marks the anniversary of the death of Rudolf Nureyev - perhaps the greatest male dancer of his generation and known for his partnership with Margot Fonteyn. But #didyouknow that Nureyev was also a great choreographer? Here he is in a beautiful performance of Don Quixote which he also choreographed for The Australian Ballet. Stream the full film on Marquee TV: https://www.marquee.tv/videos/australianballet-donquixote | Marquee TV

Rudolph Nureyev, at just 26 years old, performs an excerpt of Swan Lake. The Magic of Nureyev premieres Friday, April 11 at 10/9c on PBS. | Great Performances l PBS

Today would have been the 85th birthday of one of the greatest dancers and choreographers of the 20th century: Rudolf Nureyev. Giselle was the ballet chosen for Rudolf Nureyev's first performance with the Royal Ballet, his partner for that 1962 performance was Margot Fonteyn, who was almost twenty years his senior at that moment. Enjoy this snippet from the ballet, available on medici.tv. https://bit.ly/3wVRM59 | medici.tv

Rudolf Nureyev and Alla Sizova. Pas de deux from “Le Corsaire”. at Vaganova school graduation performance in 1958. Alla Sizova (1939 – 2014) was a Russian ballet dancer, best known for her work with the Kirov Ballet. She was one of the four superstar ballerinas of the Soviet Union, as well as the preferred dance partner of Rudolf Nureyev before his defection. For her graduation she partnered her fellow student, Rudolf Nureyev, in the duet from Le Corsaire, a performance that gained both young da