Rudolf Nureyev
Actor
- Born
- March 17, 1938 · Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]
- Died
- January 6, 1993 (age 54)
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
I Am Divine
March 26, 2014
Valentino
September 7, 1977
Nureyev
September 25, 2018
That's Dancing!
January 18, 1985
Exposed
April 22, 1983
The World of Jim Henson
November 23, 1994
Romeo and Juliet
October 4, 1966
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
November 24, 2021
I Am a Dancer
June 1, 1972
Swan Lake
December 26, 1966
A Dancer's Life
October 20, 1972
The Margot Fonteyn Story
January 11, 1989
Acting47
- 2021Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande as Self (archive footage)
- 2018Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe as self
- 2018Nureyev as Self, Archive Footage
- 2018The Nutcracker
- 2016Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams as Himself (Archive Footage)
- 2014I Am Divine as Self (archive)
- 2013Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival as Paolo, a young man
- 2012A Life for Ballet as Self
- 2005Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
- 2002Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership