Rudolf Nureyev

Roland Petit dies at 87; acclaimed choreographer

2011-07-12 00:00:00

Acclaimed choreographer Roland Petit, whose creations dazzled stages from Paris to Hollywood and inspired dancers, writers and designers, has died. He was 87. The Paris National Opera said Petit's wife, Zizi Jeanmaire, informed them that the...

PASSINGS: Leo Kirch, Roland Petit, Cal Montney, Lee Vines, Googie Withers, Frank Billerbeck

2011-07-18 13:15:00

Leo Kirch German media mogul Leo Kirch, 84, who turned his one-man film distribution company into Germany's second-biggest media business before losing control of it after a gamble on pay television, died Thursday in Munich. His family did not give...

Highlights from the Paris menswear runway shows

2011-01-30 00:00:00

PARIS — When it came to theatrics, the Paris leg of the recent menswear shows was as full as the generously cut trousers that filled the runways. And, though the designers in Milan and Paris don't always mine the same trends, for fall/winter 2011...

Gustavo Dudamel and Vienna Philharmonic go to a small town in Kentucky. But why?

2010-09-24 16:33:20

Paris Fashion Week: John Galliano en pointe with Nureyev-inspired collection

2011-01-25 16:32:12

Your morning fashion and beauty report: Jaclyn Smith and Kmart celebrate 25 years of fashion teamwork

2010-07-05 16:32:13

Roberto Bolle, ABT's latest leading man

2009-07-12 00:00:00

In his native Italy, Roberto Bolle has achieved a degree of popularity unknown to ballet dancers in this country. His chiseled, handsome features -- not to mention his hunky torso -- are featured in magazine spreads and advertising campaigns. But he is...

Movie review: 'Dancing Across Borders,' a Cambodian ballet

2010-04-15 16:32:48

Rosella Hightower, American Indian ballet dancer, dies at 88

2008-11-09 00:00:00

Rosella Hightower, a prominent American Indian ballet dancer who rose to an illustrious career in the 1940s and 1950s and later started one of the premier dance schools in Europe, died overnight Nov. 3 at her home in Cannes, in the south of France. She...

A last waltz for Damian Woetzel

2008-06-15 00:00:00

FOR HALF an hour on a late May afternoon, Damian Woetzel had the New York State Theater stage to himself. Although odd noises emerged from the wings as stagehands went about their business, Woetzel, in a T-shirt and stretch pants, focused intently on...

Clive Barnes dies at 81; newspaper critic covered New York theater and dance for 40 years

2008-11-20 00:00:00

Clive Barnes, the avuncular and quotable critic who covered New York's theater and dance scene for more than 40 years, died early Wednesday at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan. He was 81 and recently had been diagnosed with liver cancer. His death...

See Works by James Wyeth at the New Britain Museum of American Art

2011-07-01 09:22:00

James Wyeth on Rudolf Nureyev: The Artist Paints the Dancer Through July 31, New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St., New Britain, nbmaa.org In an age when celebrities and attendant stylists, trainers and dietitians are hyped as "brands"...

Ballet great Rudolf Nureyev leaves Chicago's Civic Opera House in 1971.

2011-04-07 14:34:34

Rudolf Nureyev waves off photographers while departing from the Chicago Civic Opera House in 1971.

2011-04-07 14:34:35