{"id":6150,"date":"2011-06-17T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/?p=6150"},"modified":"2025-09-11T22:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T02:52:58","slug":"a-present-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/a-present-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"A Present Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To begin with, here&#8217;s a reminder about the first <a title=\"casart-coverings-contest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/casart-contest-and-the-katherine-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CASART COVERINGS CONTEST<\/a>.\u00a0 Have you entered yet?\u00a0 It&#8217;s not too late.\u00a0 The deadline is <strong>6:00 p.m. EST tonight.<\/strong> See the <a title=\"casart-coverings-contest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/casart-contest-and-the-katherine-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rules here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seems only fitting that this Present Presence post should follow last Friday&#8217;s <a title=\"Slipcovers-for-your-walls-too beautiful to survive\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/too-beautiful-to-survive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Too Beautiful To Survive\u00a0 f<\/a>or both subjects are examples of sustainability, and transcending many decades.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s been gone for nearly 20 years, yet he still has an influence and presence on not only the world of dance but also design.\u00a0 Craig Seligman wrote a wonderful article about <a title=\"Rudolph-Nureyev\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudolf_Nureyev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rudolf Nureyev<\/a> for the June issue of Ell Decor. Nureyev was mesmerizing on stage and off.\u00a0 His daring leaps, his high cheekbones, the drama, the flamboyant dress and risky life style all captivated his audience.\u00a0 I remember seeing him in a cameo roll performed on the stage in a Greek amphitheater in Athens.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t recall the ballet and he didn&#8217;t dance one step, but I&#8217;ll never forget the location or what a commanding presence he was in a heavily brocaded flowing robe.<\/p>\n<p>If you have some time, read this article by Toni Bentley, published in the New York Times, Dec. 2, 2007.\u00a0 Fascinating!<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2007\/11\/27\/books\/02ballet.1-190.jpg\" alt=\"Rudolf Nureyev is an exmaple of a present presence on casartblog\" width=\"190\" height=\"270\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacques Pavlovsky\/Sygma \u2014 Corbis Rudolf Nureyev at the Palais des Sports in Paris, 1974.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With houses and apartments all over the world, he bought an entire island off the Amalfi Coast and decorated it lavishly with tiles, which also serve as examples of being a constant presence with their long-lasting sustainability.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6163\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6163 size-medium\" title=\"Mosaics and Li Galli\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6a0111688f7c55970c0133f4dc4968970b-800wi-li-Gali-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaics and Li Galli are examples of a present presence on casartblog\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6a0111688f7c55970c0133f4dc4968970b-800wi-li-Gali-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6a0111688f7c55970c0133f4dc4968970b-800wi-li-Gali.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mosaics and Li Galli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a title=\"Charlotte-Moss\" href=\"https:\/\/charlottemoss.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlotte Moss<\/a> thinks his penchant for acquiring houses may lay in his &#8220;being born on a moving train and never stopping his whole life&#8221;.\u00a0 What attracts her about his dwellings are their &#8220;saturated colors, rich textures, layered patterns, &#8221; and &#8220;the mixing of periods with dashes of ethnic elements.\u00a0 He was a risk taker.&#8221;\u00a0 Alex Papachristides says, &#8220;He was both a ballet dancer and a collector of costumes, and it&#8217;s almost like he transferred the beauty of the costumes and fabrics to interiors.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Robert Couturier remembers Nureyev&#8217;s Manhattan apartment as having a Russian effect but not European Russian.\u00a0 &#8220;All these incredibly intricate patterns; it was very tent like.\u00a0 It had an Oriental mystique.&#8221;\u00a0 Nureyev was passionate about kilims.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6162\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6162 size-medium\" title=\"image43_thumb2-Nureyev with kilims\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/image43_thumb2-Nureyev-with-kilims-212x300.png\" alt=\"Nureyev with mosaic tiles also a present presence on casartblog\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/image43_thumb2-Nureyev-with-kilims-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/image43_thumb2-Nureyev-with-kilims.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nureyev with kilims at Li Galli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even his tomb is covered with a mosaic rug. 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glass mosaic tiles can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">printed on transparent repositionable Casart Clear<\/a> as well as our regular opaque (white base) material.\u00a0 <strong>Printing on clear will allow the base paint color to show through the transparent material as the grout color for the tiles. <\/strong>Voila!\u00a0 The perfect solution for a kitchen backsplash.\u00a0 Printing on our regular material can accommodate covering an accent wall or an entire room-like Nureyev&#8217;s Li Galli home!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6158\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6158\" title=\"rn2 Nureyev's home on LiGalli\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rn2-Nureyevs-home-on-LiGalli.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"400\" 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