Pierre Lacotte, Choreographer Who Aided a Defection, Dies at 91

Pierre Lacotte in 1964 performing in the ballet “Penthésilée” with his wife, Ghislaine Thesmar. As a choreographer, Mr. Lacotte was best known for restaging 19th-century ballets. He befriended Rudolf Nureyev in 1961 while the Kirov Ballet was in Paris, and he witnessed Nureyev’s headline-making…

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