Rudolf Nureyev
Acting · Born 1938-03-17 · age 54 at death · 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
Titles
Valentino
That's Dancing!
Exposed
Romeo and Juliet
Le Beau Mec
Swan Lake
Love at First Sight
Cinderella
The Margot Fonteyn Story
The Special London Bridge Special
The Sleeping Beauty
Don Quixote
La Bayadère
The Nutcracker
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
Cinderella
The Nutcracker
Swan Lake
The Afternoon of a Faun
When the Spirit Soars in Flight
Afternoon of a Faun
Marco Spada
Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
Giselle
Swan Lake
La Belle au bois dormant
Don Quichotte - Nureyev
Swan Lake
The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala
English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet
Don Quixote
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX
Don Quixote
Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
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Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]
Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker
Nureyev & Friends: A Gala Tribute
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake