The Sleeping Beauty Rudolf Nureyev source: África https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcpZ3Mbo5cj/?igshid=NDA1YzNhOGU= | Ballet Mon Amour

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