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The Magic of Nureyev

Season 52 Episode 10 | 53m 44s

Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s revolutionary 1964 production of "Swan Lake" with ballerina Margot Fonteyn through extensive excerpts and interviews with their fellow dancers Michael Birkmeyer, Gisela Cech and others as they analyze Nureyev’s virtuosity.

Aired: 04/10/25 | Expires: 05/09/25
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Jody and John Arnhold, the Abra Prentice Foundation, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith, the Jack Lawrence Charitable Remainder Trust Worchell Lawrence, and Ellen and James S. Marcus.
Extras
Dan (Jamie Parker) tries to connect to his wife (Caissie Levy).
The Goodman family prepares to head off to work and school.
Discover Agustin Barrios’ rise from rural Paraguay to becoming a pioneering guitar composer.
How did Agustín Barrios transform into Nitsuga Mangoré?
Cyro Delvizio and Scott Yoo discuss the Spanish repertoire that influenced Agustín Barrios.
Scott Yoo visits Juanjo Corbalán to learn about the folk music that inspired Agustín Barrios.
Yevgeny Sudbin and Scott Yoo explain Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on Paganini."
Discover Rachmaninoff's reinvention as an American artist after losing everything in Russia.
Using an Ampico piano scroll, Scott Yoo watches Rachmaninoff play the piano.
Benjamin Bernheim performs the title role of the tormented poet.