Rudolf Nureyev

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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Known For

Valentino
Valentino
Exposed
Exposed
The Margot Fonteyn Story
The Margot Fonteyn Story
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
I Am a Dancer
I Am a Dancer
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
An Evening With The Royal Ballet

Filmography

2021 Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Be Water
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
as self
2018 Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
2012 A Life for Ballet
as Self
2005 Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
as
2004 The Sleeping Beauty
as Prince Florimund
1998 Nureyev Unzipped
as Self (archive footage)
1997 Cinderella
as Film Producer
1997 Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
as Self
1994 The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
1992 Love at First Sight
as Igor
1989 The Margot Fonteyn Story
as Rudolf Nureyev
1987 The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
1986 Wedden, dat..?
as Self
1985 That's Dancing!
as
1983 Exposed
as Daniel Jelline
1982 Venezia, carnevale, un amore
as
1981 The Afternoon of a Faun
as Faun
1977 Valentino
as Rudolph Valentino