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Rudolf Nureyev: I went to a concert instead.
Pierre Lacotte: A good concert?
Rudolf Nureyev: Yehudi Menuhin. He played Bach. Not bad.
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Rudolf Nureyev: I took the... feminine. That's what I did. Hard to say in English.
Clara Saint: Try, Rudy.
Rudolf Nureyev: Before me, male part... boring. Man only stands, does nothing. The women leap, jump, turn. The man...
Rudolf Nureyev: [stands and poses with his arms in the air]
Rudolf Nureyev: I ask why not man be like woman? I took from the woman.
Oleg Ivenko
Extended Reading