Rudolf Nureyev defects - a podcast by BBC World Service

In 1961 the great ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev stunned the world by defecting from the Soviet Union. Nureyev escaped his KGB minders at an airport in Paris - with the help of French dancer Pierre Lacotte. Pierre Lacotte spoke to Louise Hidalgo in 2011.

PHOTO: Rudolf Nureyev at a press conference in the 1960s (Getty Images)

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