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

2, 3, 6, 11, 12 March 1970

The Ropes of Time by Rudi van Dantzig was the first commission by The Royal Ballet to be created entirely as a showcase for Nureyev.  The other piece in the programme was Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth but Nureyev only performed in The Ropes of Time.

Works

The Ropes of Time

Choreography: Rudi van Dantzig

Music: Jan Boerman

Performance role: The Traveller

Debut performance of this role

Other performers: Diana Vere (Life),
Monica Mason (Death)