Rudolf Nureyev's costume for Lucifer

Lucifer premiered on June 19 [1972?], and the celebrity audience included ex-Graham pupils Woody Allen and Betty Ford, who had paid up to five thousand dollars a ticket. As a result of spraining his ankle before he arrived in New York, Rudolf wore a bandage that seemed to cover more flesh than his costume, which consisted of a gold jockstrap designed by Halston. Studded with Tiffany jewels, it was as ornate as the joke one given to him by the Canadian dancers, and yet, as Arlene Croce wrote in her review, Rudolf did not appear ridiculous. "The element of camp in his personality frees him for incongruous undertaking such as this." Incandescently lit, his hair "blown out like an angel by William Blake," he looked absolutely stunning as the ballet opened, the men surrounding him falling backward as if blinded by his brilliance.

--Julie Kavanagh, Nureyev: The Life, Vintage Books, 2008, page 482.