Ivan nagy ballet biography

Here, courtesy of a YouTube channel called ltmoira, are Eleanor D’Antuono and Ivan Nagy performing, with American Ballet Theatre, the pas de deux from Les Sylphides:

This video was posted in 2010 and, other than the poster noting that this is ABT performing Les Sylphides and who the principals are, no other information is given as to when or where this performance was taped.  I’m sure it’s from the 1970s; Nagy, per his Wikipedia page, retired from ABT in 1978 (he died, sadly too soon, in 2014).  I did see him perform live, once, right before he retired, with Natalia Makarova in Giselle—an attentive, respectful partner, his dancing a model of classical deportment.  You can see him here, in another Les Sylphides excerpt, performing the pas de deux with Margot Fonteyn.

As for D’Antuono, she doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page (why, I ask), but some biographical info on her can be found here at The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory Web site, where’s she’s listed as resident coach and classical repertoire coordinator.  She danced at ABT from 1961 to 1981, mainly as a principal, and performed all the major classical roles.  You can watch an interview with her, a lovely, gracious, and modest woman, recalling her time at ABT here and

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