How Natalia Makarova Made 'La Bayadère' Into A Worldwide Audience Favorite
"An icon of the stage, Makarova was beloved for her grandeur and spontaneity, the same qualities that led her, in 1970, to become the first Russian ballerina to escape the Soviets. But she had never put together a full-length ballet. The one she chose " an overhaul of the 1877 original by the great Marius […]