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Rudolf Nureyev
Born 1938-03-17Irkutsk, 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
Screen work
Movies & roles
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagandeSelf (archive footage)Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russeselfNureyevSelf, Archive FootageThe NutcrackerRoleRudolf Nureyev. Island of His DreamsHimself (Archive Footage)I Am DivineSelf (archive)Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower FestivalPaolo, a young manA Life for BalletSelfRudolf Nureyev alla ScalaRoleFonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect PartnershipHimself (archive footage)Nureyev UnzippedSelf (archive footage)CinderellaFilm ProducerNureyev: Dancing Through DarknessSelfThe World of Jim HensonSelf (archive footage)Rudolf NureyevHimselfPoema Del Amor Y Del MarRoleThe Margot Fonteyn StoryRudolf NureyevThat's Dancing!RoleRaymondaJean de BrienneExposedDaniel JellineMarco SpadaMarco SpadaVenezia, carnevale, un amoreRoleThe Afternoon of a FaunFaunJulie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf NureyevHimself