Nureyev details

Performance role
Debut in a role
Yes
Creative role
  • Performer

Other info

Venue
City Center Theater, New York, USA
Company
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Sources

Paul Taylor Dance Company Gala

14 April 1981

Other cast members in the performance of From Sea to Shining Sea were Gwen Verdon, Adolph Green, Betty Comden and Hermione Gingold.  The programme also included Polaris and Esplanade, both choreographed by Paul Taylor.

The Gala marked the start of a three week season by the Paul Taylor Dance Company at the City Centre Theater.

A photograph of Nureyev, Baryshnikov and Verdon in From Sea to Shining Sea is available on the Library of Congress online catalogue here:

Library of Congress

Works

From Sea To Shining Sea

Choreography: Paul Taylor

Music: John Herbert McDowell

Performance role: dancer

Debut performance of this role

Other performers: Mikhail Baryshnikov