Un peu de culture on Tuesday
by chuckofish
Tomorrow is the birthday of Rudolf Nureyev. Born on a Trans-Siberian train in 1938, Nureyev was the son of Tartar Muslims and he spent his childhood and youth in Ufa, capital of the Soviet Republic of Bashkir. He is generally regarded as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation and one of the greatest of all time. I certainly grew up thinking so. His defection to the West in 1961 caused quite a sensation, but his guest appearance on The Muppet Show in 1978 made it the show everyone wanted to appear in. Soon celebrities were lining up to appear on the show.
Here’s the real thing, with Margo Fonteyn…
“I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You do not have to choose between one or the other. You can have both. The human cultural jungle should be as varied and plural as the Amazonian rainforest. We are all richer for biodiversity. We may decide that a puma is worth more to us than a caterpillar, but surely we can agree that the habitat is all the better for being able to sustain each.”
― Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles
dual personalities 
Katie & I watched the ballet. She loves Tchaikovsky 🙂 and I do still love Miley Cyrus!!
…and Miss Piggy!
Well, to quote Bob Dylan, quoting Walt Whitman, I contain multitudes. And we all do!
Amen.
The world could use more people who don’t take themselves too seriously. Here’s to Rudolph Nureyev doing comedy!
I gather it was his idea to dance with Miss Piggy!