Welcome back to the Christmas special of Past Loves - the weekly history podcast that explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time.
With Covid and the closure of so many theatres this year, it only seemed apt to take the Past Loves Christmas special to the stage. So for this very special episode, I am joined by Irina Klyagin - a Russian ballet scholar who looks after Harvard University’s extensive theatre collection at the Houghton Library - to discuss the love story between Rudolf Nureyev and Erik Bruhn.
Erik was the Danish ice to Rudolf's Russian fire and the two were both titans within the ballet world, defining an era. Their art was, therefore, at the heart of their relationship and was so from the very beginning. When Rudolf defected to the West from the Soviet Union, it was his aim to meet and train with Erik. He knew that was where he was meant to be. They learnt from each other, honing their talent to become two of the most famous male ballet dancers in history.
Their love story is one of passion which I very much hope you enjoy. May your festive season be full of light and love. Merry Christmas!
Where To Find Us
Watch Artists In Love - Rudolf and Erik episode: https://www.nowtv.com/watch/artists-in-love/dc13f8e4e7924510VgnVCM1000000b43150a____
Discover Julie Kavanagh's Rudolf Nureyev: https://www.waterstones.com/book/rudolf-nureyev/julie-kavanagh/9780241986905
Discover Diane Solway's Nureyev: His Life: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nureyev-His-Life-Diane-Solway/dp/0688128734/
More about Irina: https://library.harvard.edu/staff/irina-klyagin
Follow Past Loves on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pastlovespodcast/
Join the Past Loves newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/d293dd27393a/past-loves-newsletter
If Past Loves has become your current love, you can email me at pastlovespodcast@gmail.com
Charles Stewart Parnell & Katie O'Shea | The True Love Story Behind The Homewrecker of History with Elisabeth Kehoe
Oscar Wilde & Lord Alfred Douglas | Love On Trial With Matthew Sturgis
The Howards of Castle Howard | A Place Like No Other With Nick Howard & Chris Ridgway
Andrei & Natalia Chikhachev | An Ordinary Marriage In Provincial Russia With Kate Antonova
Kate & Carlo Perugini | Dickens’s Artistic Daughter, Katey and Her True Love with Lucinda Hawksley
Queen Victoria & Prince Albert | Marriage, Monarchy and Magnificent Obsession with Helen Rappaport
HRH Princess Mary & The 6th Earl of Harewood | The Real Downton Abbey Story With Harewood House's Rebecca Burton
Welcome To Past Loves
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Lore