Firestone Dances: Historic Ballet Performances

Among the treasures from the Firestone archives are Rudolf Nureyev's American television solo debut; the legendary team of Jacques D'Amboise and Melissa Hayden; the brilliant Maria Tallchief; Carla Fracci in a rare Pas de Quatre set to the music of Pugni; as well as principal dancers of the Royal Danish Ballet and a performance by the Ballet Espanol Ximenes-Vargas.

Ballet Espanol Ximenes-Vargas: Andalusian Dances 12/2/62
Maria Tallchief: Variations after Degas
(Music: Debussy; Choreography: Starbuck) 10/14/62

Maria Tallchief and Oleg Tupine: Caprice
(Music: Rossini, Arr. Britten; Choreography: Pagent) 4/14/63

Rudolph Nureyev: Variation from The Sleeping Beauty
(Music: Tchaikovsky) 6/2/63

Rudolph Nureyev: Variation from Gayne
(Music: Khachaturian) 6/2/63

Kirsten Simone and Henning Kronstam: Pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty
(Music: Tchaikovsky) 6/9/63

Carla Fracci: Variation from Pas de quatre
(Music: Pugni : Choreography: Perrot) 11/18/62

Jacques D'Amboise and Melissa Hayden: Pas de deux
(Music: Tchaikovsky; Choreography: George Balanchine, © The George Balanchine Trust) 12/16/62)

Jacques D'Amboise and Melissa Hayden: Pas de deux from Don Quixote
(Music: Minkus; Choreography: D Amboise, after Petipa) 3/10/63