Nureyev details

Performance role
Debut in a role
Yes
Creative role
  • Performer

Other info

Venue
Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom
Company
The Royal Ballet
Sources

Royal Ballet mixed programme

20 November 1971

This was Nureyev’s first appearance in a piece by Glen Tetley. You can read more about his work with contemporary choreographers here.

The other pieces in this mixed programme were George Balanchine’s Serenade and Enigma Variations by Frederick Ashton, but Nureyev only appeared in Field Figures.

Works

Field Figures

Choreography: Glen Tetley

Music: Karlheinz Stockhausen

Performance role: dancer

Debut performance of this role

Other performers: Monica Mason