11 March 1981
Due to the spaciousness of the stage at the Metropolitan Center, Boston Ballet was able to stage its first ever full-length Swan Lake. Violette Verdy, who became Co-Artistic Director the year before, staged the lavish production with Bruce Wells. In June 1981 Boston Ballet took the production on tour to the London Coliseum with Rudolf Nureyev dancing the role of Prince Siegfried opposite Laura Young and Marie-Christine Mouis sharing the role of Odette/Odile.
Boston Ballet dancers Laura Young and Arthur Leeth with Rudolf Nureyev in Swan Lake, London 1981
Unsigned photograph
Courtesy of Laura Young