Rudolf Nureyev
Acting
Born 1938-03-17 · 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
Known for
The Special London Bridge Special
1972 · Movie
Rudolf Nureyev
1991 · Movie
The World of Jim Henson
1994 · Movie
Don Quixote
1973 · Movie
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
1963 · Movie
Valentino
1977 · Movie
That's Dancing!
1985 · Movie
Romeo and Juliet
1966 · Movie
Swan Lake
1966 · Movie
The Margot Fonteyn Story
1989 · Movie
Nureyev
2018 · Movie
I Am a Dancer
1972 · Movie
Exposed
1983 · Movie
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
2021 · Movie
The Sleeping Beauty
1972 · Movie
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
1971 · Movie
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977 · Movie
The Nutcracker
1968 · Movie
Political Portraits
1969 · Movie
Swan Lake
1963 · Movie
A Life for Ballet
2012 · Movie
Cinderella
1997 · Movie
The Day of the Oath
1965 · Movie
When the Spirit Soars in Flight
1958 · Movie
Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams
2016 · Movie
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005 · Movie
Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky
1980 · Movie
Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev
1980 · Movie
The Afternoon of a Faun
1981 · Movie
Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
2018 · Movie
Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
2013 · Movie
Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
1997 · Movie
Marco Spada
1982 · Movie
Afternoon of a Faun
— · Movie
Giselle
1979 · Movie