Rudolf Nureyev
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Rudolf Nureyev

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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

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Films Featuring Rudolf Nureyev

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

20213.7

Valentino

19775.8

Exposed

19834.8

The Margot Fonteyn Story

19898.0

Romeo and Juliet

19668.0

Petrushka

1976

I Am a Dancer

19727.0

The Special London Bridge Special

19728.0

An Evening With The Royal Ballet

19639.0

Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala

2005

Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness

1997

The Sleeping Beauty

19722.0

Swan Lake

19668.2

Cinderella

1997

Don Quixote

19739.0

A Life for Ballet

2012

Political Portraits

1969

Singer Presents Burt Bacharach

1971

The Nutcracker

1968

Nureyev

20187.3

Nureyev Unzipped

Nureyev Unzipped

1998

That's Dancing!

19856.9

The World of Jim Henson

19947.4

Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe

2018

Swan Lake

1963

Venezia, carnevale, un amore

Venezia, carnevale, un amore

1982

The Afternoon of a Faun

1981

The Day of the Oath

1965

When the Spirit Soars in Flight

1958

Afternoon of a Faun

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

2018

Rudolf Nureyev

199110.0

Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev

1980

Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky

1980

The Royal Variety Performance 1977

The Royal Variety Performance 1977

1977

Marco Spada

1982

Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams

2016

Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival

2013

Giselle

1979

I Am Divine

20147.3

Nureyev

Nureyev

1974

A Dancer's Life

19728.0

Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership

2002

The Tempest

The Tempest

Poema Del Amor Y Del Mar

Poema Del Amor Y Del Mar

1990