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Russian defectors' dance of love

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Russian defectors' dance of love (Photo courtesy Bill McAuley | billmcauleyphotographer.com)
 

Russian defectors Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova's performance of Giselle in Melbourne. (Photo, circa early-1970s.)

**This photograph is part of a new IA series that looks at Australia through the lens of award-winning photojournalist, Bill McAuley.**


Bill McAuley's 40-plus-year news career began in 1969 as a cadet photographer at 'The Age' in Melbourne. 

Among other books, Bill McAuley has published the collection 'Portraits of the Soul: A lifetime of images with Bill McAuley'. To see more from Bill, click here.

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