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Rudolf Nureyev defects
It is over 50 years since the great Russian ballet dancer left the Soviet Union for good.
He asked for asylum at a Paris airport.
Pierre Lacotte, a French dancer, was with him. In a programme first broadcast last year, he spoke to Witness.
(Image: Rudolf Nureyev)
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