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Rudolf Nureyev

AKA: Rudolph Nureyev
Birthday: 1938-03-17
Died: 1993-01-06
Birthplace: 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​

Filmography

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
Character: Self (archive footage)
Valentino
Character: Rudolph Valentino
Exposed
Character: Daniel Jelline

The Margot Fonteyn Story
Character: Rudolf Nureyev
Romeo and Juliet
Character: Romeo
Petrushka
Character: Petrouchka

I Am a Dancer
Character: Himself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince)
The Special London Bridge Special
Character: Ballet Dancer

The Sleeping Beauty
Character: Prince Florimund

Swan Lake
Character: Prince Siegfried
Cinderella
Character: Film Producer
Don Quixote
Character: Basilio

A Life for Ballet
Character: Self
Political Portraits
Character: Himself
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
Character: Himself

The Nutcracker
Character: Herr Drosselmeyer/The Prince
Nureyev
Character: Self, Archive Footage
Nureyev Unzipped
Character: Self (archive footage)

The World of Jim Henson
Character: Self (archive footage)

The Sleeping Beauty
Character: Prince Florimund
Swan Lake
Character: Prince Siegfried

The Afternoon of a Faun
Character: Faun
The Day of the Oath
Character: Self

Don Quixote
Job: Director
Swan Lake
Job: Choreographer
Swan Lake
Job: Choreographer

Don Quixote
Job: Choreographer
La Bayadère
Job: Choreographer

La Bayadère
Job: Choreographer
Cinderella
Job: Director
La Belle au bois dormant
Job: Conductor

La Belle au bois dormant
Job: Choreographer
Nureyev - Raymonda
Job: Choreographer
Don Quichotte - Nureyev
Job: Choreographer

Swan Lake
Job: Choreographer
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Job: Choreographer
The Nutcracker
Job: Choreographer

The Nutcracker
Job: Producer

Don Quixote
Job: Choreographer
The Sleeping Beauty
Job: Producer

The Sleeping Beauty
Job: Choreographer
The Nutcracker
Job: Art Direction
The Nutcracker
Job: Choreographer

The Nutcracker
Job: Director
Cinderella
Job: Choreographer
Swan Lake
Job: Choreographer

Swan Lake - Filmed for IMAX
Job: Choreographer
Don Quixote
Job: Choreographer

Le Beau Mec
Job: Choreographer