Word: nureyev
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Dates: during 1991-1991
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...began a long liaison with composer Louis Horst, who became her musical mentor. In 1948 she was briefly married to Erick Hawkins, a thrilling dancer who later founded his own enduring company. She never lacked for acolytes: Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov, who offered their classically trained bodies to her training, and the late designer Halston, who cosseted her and dressed her like the goddess she was in her later years...
...Sullivan had a reporter's instinct for what was hot, and he outhustled rivals to showcase new talent, notably Elvis Presley and the Beatles. And not just in pop. Sullivan proudly treated his audiences to classical excellence in the personae of opera diva Joan Sutherland and ballet stars Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. He encouraged black artists at a time when TV offered them few opportunities. Ella Fitzgerald and Pearl Bailey were all but regulars; Motown stars -- from Smokey Robinson to the winsome little Jackson Five -- got ample display...