Person

Rudolf Nureyev

Acting · 1938–1993 · Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]

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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolf Nureyev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known for

Filmography

2025Paris Opera Ballet: The NutcrackerDirector
2025Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping BeautyDirector
2024Swan Lake Filmed for IMAXChoreographer
2024Don QuixoteChoreographer
2022Lo Schiaccianoci al Teatro alla ScalaChoreographer
2021Hervé Guibert, la mort propagandeSelf (archive footage)
2019Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)Choreographer
2019Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]Choreographer
2018The 350th Anniversary Inaugural GalaChoreographer
2018CinderellaChoreographer
2018Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russeself
2018NureyevSelf, Archive Footage
2018The Nutcracker
2016Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His DreamsHimself (Archive Footage)
2016Swan LakeChoreographer
2015English National Ballet's Romeo and JulietChoreographer
2015Nureyev & Friends: A Gala TributeChoreographer
2015Don QuixoteChoreographer
2014I Am DivineSelf (archive)
2013La Belle au bois dormantChoreographer
2013Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower FestivalPaolo, a young man
2012A Life for BalletSelf
2012La BayadèreChoreographer
2012Don Quichotte - NureyevChoreographer
2010La BayadèreChoreographer
2009Nureyev - RaymondaChoreographer
2005Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan LakeStage Director
2005Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2002Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect PartnershipHimself (archive footage)
1998Nureyev UnzippedSelf (archive footage)
1997CinderellaFilm Producer
1997Nureyev: Dancing Through DarknessSelf
1994The World of Jim HensonSelf (archive footage)
1992Love at First SightIgor
1991Rudolf NureyevHimself
1990Poema Del Amor Y Del Mar
1989The Margot Fonteyn StoryRudolf Nureyev
1989The NutcrackerChoreographer
1987The Dame Edna ExperienceSelf
1986Wedden, dat..?Self
1985That's Dancing!
1983ExposedDaniel Jelline
1982Marco SpadaMarco Spada
1982Venezia, carnevale, un amore
1982Swan LakeChoreographer
1981The Afternoon of a FaunFaun
1980Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf NureyevHimself
1980Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to NijinskyHimself/Petrushka/La Spectre de la Rose/Le Faune
1979Le Beau MecChoreographer
1979GiselleAlbrecht
1977The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977ValentinoRudolph Valentino
1977Please Turn the PageSelf
1976PetrushkaPetrouchka
1976The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest Star
1974NureyevSelf
1973Don QuixoteBasilio
1972A Dancer's LifeHimself
1972I Am a DancerHimself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince)
1972Midi trenteSelf
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSelf
1972The Special London Bridge SpecialBallet Dancer
1972The Sleeping BeautyPrince Florimund
1971Singer Presents Burt BacharachHimself
1969Political PortraitsHimself
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1968The NutcrackerHerr Drosselmeyer/The Prince
1967OmnibusSelf (archive footage)
1966Swan LakePrince Siegfried
1966Romeo and JulietRomeo
1965The Day of the OathSelf
1964Lieder, Arien und GeschichtenSelf
1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf - Ballet Dancer
1963Swan LakePrince Siegfried
1963An Evening With The Royal BalletSelf
1958When the Spirit Soars in Flight
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
—Afternoon of a FaunFaun
—The TempestProspero
—The Sleeping Beauty (Opera)Director

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