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Initial release September 29, 2003
Directors Pieter Kuijpers
Screenplay Kees van Beijnum
Cast Angela Schijf
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Letters from Seven Years' War opened 250 years later

Letters from Seven Years' War opened 250 years later
Nov 7,2023 12:51 am

... Prof Morieux said he only asked to look at the box in The Archives " out of curiosity" before discovering them...

Cambridge University releases 1913 English test question

Cambridge University releases 1913 English test question
Jul 25,2023 12:21 pm

... " The question from the first ever C2 Proficiency exam paper - which is held in The Archives at Cambridge University Press & Assessment - tested students skills in recognising a split infinitive and use of the correct tense, as...

Windrush: Hundreds of people with mental illness sent back to Caribbean

Windrush: Hundreds of people with mental illness sent back to Caribbean
Jun 21,2023 1:21 am

... Government letters and policy documents from The Archives indicate that each patient should have " expressed a wish to return"...

King Charles' Coronation Oath Bible will contain mistakes

King Charles' Coronation Oath Bible will contain mistakes
May 6,2023 6:30 am

... OUP will produce three identical copies, one as a personal gift to King Charles and a further two to be placed in The Archives of Westminster Abbey and OUP s head office in Oxford...

Royal Society: Four incredible objects that made science history

Royal Society: Four incredible objects that made science history
Apr 25,2023 10:40 pm

... It is the first letter in The Archives of the Society s journal - called Philosophical Transactions - known to be sent by a woman in her own name...

Pierre Lacotte: French dancer who helped Rudolf Nureyev defect dies

Pierre Lacotte: French dancer who helped Rudolf Nureyev defect dies
Apr 10,2023 3:20 pm

... After suffering an ankle injury, Lacotte turned his attention to The Archives of the Paris Opera from 1968...

BBC to cut 1,000 hours of new TV programming in 2023 to save money

BBC to cut 1,000 hours of new TV programming in 2023 to save money
Mar 30,2023 2:10 pm

... Elsewhere, BBC Four is showing more material from The Archives...

The asylum patients being given their stories back

The asylum patients being given their stories back
Feb 26,2023 5:01 am

... Their notes have remained hidden from view in The Archives at the Somerset Heritage Centre but they are now being transcribed for the first time...

Pierre Lacotte: French dancer who helped Rudolf Nureyev defect dies

Feb 13,2023 9:22 am

By George WrightBBC News

Pierre Lacotte, a French ballet choreographer who helped superstar Rudolf Nureyev defect from the Soviet Union , has died aged 91.

" Our Pierre left us at 4:00 am, " said his wife, retired Principal Dancer Ghislaine Thesmar .

Lacotte helped Nureyev escape KGB agents In Paris and seek asylum at the capital's Le Bourget airport in 1961.

His role in the famous defection was recounted in a 2018 biopic titled The White Crow directed by Ralph Fiennes .

Ms Thesmar said her husband had died after a cut became septic.

Lacotte started his career at the Paris Opera Ballet as a teenager and later turned his attention to The Revival of forgotten 19Th Century productions.

In 1961, he became friends with Nureyev while he was On Tour In Paris . that he accompanied Nureyev on several tours of The City 's restaurants, bars and museums.

This angered the KGB agents who were on The Trip , and Nureyev was told he was to be sent home. Nureyev believed he would not be allowed to leave the country again.

Nureyev pleaded with Lacotte not to leave his side at The Airport , but Nureyev was surrounded by KGB agents.

Lacotte asked The Agents if he and his friend, socialite Clara Saint, could Say Goodbye to their friend before he left.

" I said, listen Rudolf, look behind me there is Clara Saint, and behind Clara Saint is a policeman. You just have to come to him. You Kiss Me , you kiss Clara and you say you want to be free. And it's done, " Lacotte said.

" I said don't Be Afraid , stay quiet and do as I say. "

Nureyev then made a dash towards two French police and declared that he wished to remain in The West .

Despite being recognised As One of The Greatest dancers of his era, Nureyev and His Family paid a heavy price. He was only allowed back to the USSR More Than 25 years later When His Mother was dying, while his Soviet friends' careers were made to suffer.

After suffering an ankle injury, Lacotte turned his attention to The Archives of the Paris Opera from 1968.

They included La Sylphide, The First ballet performed completely " en pointe" - where the dancers stand on the tip of their Toes - When it was first produced in 1832.

His final work in 2021 was a production of The Red and The Black based on the 1830 novel by French writer Stendhal.

Despite being 91 he was still working, his wife said.

" It's very sad. He still had so many projects and was writing a book, " she added.

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