
Rudolf Nureyev
Born March 17, 1938 · Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Tatar dancer from the former Soviet Union, considered one of the most celebrated ballet dancers of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance, providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the women. He defected to the West, despite KGB efforts to stop him. According to KGB archives studied by Peter Watson, Nikita Khrushchev personally signed an order to have Nureyev killed Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolf Nureyev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Notable Appearances
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Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev

Swan Lake

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

Singer Presents Burt Bacharach

Rudolf Nureyev

Marco Spada

Don Quixote

Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe

Nureyev

The Sleeping Beauty

A Life for Ballet

Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams

Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky

The Day of the Oath

I Am a Dancer

Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness

Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala

An Evening With The Royal Ballet

Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival

A Dancer's Life

Unreleased
Afternoon of a Faun

Petrushka

Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership

The Margot Fonteyn Story

Romeo and Juliet

Swan Lake

Raymonda

When the Spirit Soars in Flight

Romeo and Juliet

The Afternoon of a Faun

Giselle

Political Portraits

Cinderella
















