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English National Ballet: A Tribute to Rudolf Nureyev " review by Judith Mackrell

Coliseum, LondonIt has been 75 years since Rudolf Nureyev's birth and 20 since his death, making ENB's tribute programme perfectly timed to honour the great dancer. If the timing is exact, however, the repertory and casting add up to only a patchwork celebration.Petrushka, the puppet hero of Fokine's 1911 ballet, is a role Nureyev returned to many times, inspired by the dramatic challenge of portraying its forlorn, w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AM on July 26, 2013

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