Rudolf Nureyev
Birthday: 1938-03-17
Place of Birth: Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]
Biography: 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
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Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
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Valentino
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Exposed
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Petrushka
Scenes from the ballet Petrushka, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet at the National Opera Theatre....
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The Special London Bridge Special
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An Evening With The Royal Ballet
Documentary about the Royal Ballet. Includes selections from "Les Sylphides" and "The Sleeping Beaut...
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Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
Acclaimed Ukranian dancer Svetlana Zakharova, who later became one of the youngest ballerinas in Mos...
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Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
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The Sleeping Beauty
Ballet luminary Rudolf Nureyev choreographed this spectacular 1972 National Ballet of Canada product...
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Swan Lake
Perhaps the most popular ballet video ever released, this version of Tchaikovsky's beloved work star...
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Cinderella
"A Paris Opera Production filmed in studio with Sylvie Guillem, Charles Jude and Rudolf Nureyev as a...
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Don Quixote
A film adaptation of the Ludwig Minkus ballet, completely re-orchestrated and with additional music ...
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A Life for Ballet
A documentary on the life of the legendary ballet reconstructionist, Pierre Lacotte and his wife and...
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Political Portraits
Dedicated to Dieter Meier. voice-over by Gregory Markopoulos, reading an excerpt in English translat...
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Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
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The Nutcracker
This historic performance from 1968 captures Rudolf Nureyev at the peak of his career. Nureyev's leg...
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Nureyev
An insight into the life of the world's most famous male dancer, Rudolf Nureyev....
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Nureyev Unzipped
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That's Dancing!
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie ca...
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The World of Jim Henson
In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explor...
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Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
When he arrives in Saint Petersburg, at the age of 29, Marius Petipa is just an obscure dancer who f...
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The Sleeping Beauty
The National Ballet of Canada interprets Tchaikovsky's timeless three-act opera in this 1972 perform...
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The Afternoon of a Faun
At the Nureyev Festival at the London Coliseum in July 1983, Rudolf Nureyev danced the faun as part ...
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The Day of the Oath
"This film presents rare documentary footage of presidential inaugurations, from William McKinley in...
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When the Spirit Soars in Flight
Young ballet artists from across the Soviet Union showcase their skills at the All-Union Festival of...
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