Rudolf Nureyev
Acting
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
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Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
2021
Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
2018
Nureyev
2018
The Nutcracker
2018
A Life for Ballet
2012
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005
Nureyev Unzipped
1998
Cinderella
1997
Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
1997
The World of Jim Henson
1994
Rudolf Nureyev
1991
The Margot Fonteyn Story
1989
That's Dancing!
1985
Exposed
1983
Marco Spada
1982
Venezia, carnevale, un amore
1982
The Afternoon of a Faun
1981
Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev
1980
Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky
1980
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
Valentino
1977
Petrushka
1976
Don Quixote
1973
I Am a Dancer
1972
The Special London Bridge Special
1972
The Sleeping Beauty
1972
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
1971
Political Portraits
1969
The Nutcracker
1968
Swan Lake
1966
Romeo and Juliet
1966
The Day of the Oath
1965
Swan Lake
1963
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
1963
When the Spirit Soars in Flight
1958