Rudolf Nureyev
Born March 17, 1938 (Age: 88)
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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
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
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Filmography
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Nureyev Unzipped
1998
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 60
Cinderella
1997
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as Film Producer
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Age: 59
Exposed
1983
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as Daniel Jelline
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Age: 45
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Venezia, carnevale, un amore
1982
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as
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Age: 43
The Afternoon of a Faun
1981
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as Faun
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Age: 43
Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev
1980
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as Himself
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Age: 42
Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky
1980
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as Himself/Petrushka/La Spectre de la Rose/Le Faune
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Age: 42
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
1971
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as Himself
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Age: 33
Political Portraits
1969
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as Himself
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Age: 30
The Nutcracker
1968
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as Herr Drosselmeyer/The Prince
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Age: 29
The Day of the Oath
1965
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as Self
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Age: 26
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
1963
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as Self
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Age: 25
When the Spirit Soars in Flight
1958
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as
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Age: 20