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Album includes reviews of Nadia Nerina dancing with Rudolf Nureyev and David Blair in 'Swan Lake', 'La Fille mal gardée', and 'The Firebird', January 1964; advertisement for the televised broadcast 9 February 1964 on TV of 'The Golden Hour' profiling Nadia Nerina and reviews of the programme, February 1964; previews of Nadia Nerina's debut in 'Ondine' at the Royal Opera House, February 1964; German and Swedish previews of a tour promoting Nadia Nerina and David Blair, May/June 1964; previews of a fundraising event Sunshine Matinee on 14 July 1964 featuring Nadia Nerina at the Palace Theatre, London, July 1964; cuttings relating to Nadia Nerina's performance in a tribute to President John F. Kennedy in Houston, Texas, October/November 1964; previews and articles relating to the new ballet 'Home' featuring Nadia Nerina with the Western Theatre Ballet at the Sunderland Empire, December 1964; copy of a programme for 'Home', December 1964; cuttings relating to the fire at Nadia Nerina's London home, December 1964; reviews of the redesigned Royal Ballet Touring Company production of 'Swan Lake' with Nadia Nerina and Attilio Labis, May 1965; reviews of The Royal Ballet performances of 'Swan Lake' at the New Theatre, Oxford, October 1965; cuttings of Nadia Nerina in fashionable attire at the airport on her way to Milan for British Week, October 1965; reviews of The Royal Ballet in 'Swan Lake' at Manchester Opera House, November 1965; cuttings relating to Nadia Nerina being involved in a car crash near Banbury, Oxfordshire, January 1966; cuttings relating to Nadia Nerina appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show in the USA, April 1966; announcements that Nadia Nerina is to retire as a resident ballerina and become a Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet, August 1966; previews of the Royal Variety Show cast, October 1966; reviews of the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium with Nadia Nerina and Christopher Gable and Royal Ballet dancers performing an excerpt from 'La Fille mal gardée', November 1966; cuttings relating to Nadia Nerina leaving London to dance in 'Swan Lake' with the American Ballet Theatre, Chicago, February 1967; programme of the American Ballet Theatre production of 'Swan Lake'; USA press reviews of 'Swan Lake', February 1967; previews to promote Nadia Nerina's appearance in a Gala performance of 'Giselle' at the Stadt-theater, Basel, April 1967; reviews of Nadia Nerina in 'Dragonfly' and 'The Dying Swan' with Harlequin Ballet Company, April 1967. |