Images Dated 2018

Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev and Princess Grace of Monaco

Margot Fonteyn (R) speaks 02 July 1968 with Soviet born ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev (C) and Princess Grace of Monaco in front of the stage setting for the Third International Ballet Festival in Monte Carlo. Nureyev studied at the Leningrad Choreographic School, and became a soloist with the Kirov Ballet. While touring with the Ballet in 1961, he obtained political asylum in Paris. Nureyev's virtuosity and expressiveness made him one of the greatest male dancers of the 1960's, in both classical and modern ballets. He became ballet director of the Paris Opera in 1983. / AFP PHOTO

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Chris Bullzini, a funambulist or high-wire artist, performs on a tightrope above the courtyard of The Piece Hall in Halifax, northern England on September 14, 2018.
The performance features as part of The Blondin Gala, an event celebrating of the historic moment in 1861 when Charles Blondin completed a tightrope walk across The Piece Hall, which will take place on September 15, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Oli SCARFF

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Salvador Dali in front of the rhinoceros, zoo of Vincennes

In front of the rhinoceros of the zoo of Vincennes, the painter Salvador Dali finishes a copy The Lace and Vermeer whose original is in the Louvre. His painting took the form of a collision between three horns of rhinoceros destined to transform themselves into croutons of bread.
Devant le rhinocros du zoo de Vincennes, le peintre Salvador Dali termine une copie de "la dentellire" de Vermeer dont l'original se trouve au Louvre. Sa peinture a pris la forme d'une collision entre trois cornes de rhinocros destines ultrieurement se tranformer en crutons de pain. / AFP PHOTO / STF

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