French dancer who helped superstar Rudolf Nureyev defect from Soviet Union dies
Pierre Lacotte's role in the famous defection was recounted in a 2018 biopic titled The White CrowPierre Lacotte, a French ballet choreographer who helped superstar Rudolf Nureyev defect from the Soviet Union, has died aged 91.Lacotte helped Nureyev escape KGB agents in Paris and seek asylum at the capital's Le Bourget airport in 1961.
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. Lacotte asked the agents if he and his friend, socialite Clara Saint, could say goodbye to their friend before he left. 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.
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