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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolf Nureyev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Movies (43)
Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker
Director (Directing)
2025
Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Director (Directing)
2025
Swan Lake - Filmed for IMAX
Choreographer (Crew)
2024
Don Quixote
Choreographer (Crew)
2024
Lo Schiaccianoci al Teatro alla Scala
Choreographer (Crew)
2022
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Choreographer (Crew)
2019
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Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]
Choreographer (Crew)
2019
The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala
Choreographer (Crew)
2018
Cinderella
Choreographer (Crew)
2018
Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
as self
2018
Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
2018
Swan Lake
Choreographer (Crew)
2016
English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet
Choreographer (Crew)
2015
Don Quixote
Choreographer (Crew)
2015
La Belle au bois dormant
Choreographer (Crew)
2013
A Life for Ballet
as Self
2012
La Bayadère
Choreographer (Crew)
2012
Don Quichotte - Nureyev
Choreographer (Crew)
2012
La Bayadère
Choreographer (Crew)
2010
Nureyev - Raymonda
Choreographer (Crew)
2009
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Choreographer (Crew)
2008
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005
The Sleeping Beauty
as Prince Florimund
2004
Nureyev Unzipped
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Cinderella
as Film Producer
1997
Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
as Self
1997
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
1994
The Margot Fonteyn Story
as Rudolf Nureyev
1989
The Nutcracker
Choreographer (Crew)
1989
That's Dancing!
1985
Exposed
as Daniel Jelline
1983
Venezia, carnevale, un amore
1982
Swan Lake
Choreographer (Crew)
1982
The Afternoon of a Faun
as Faun
1981
Le Beau Mec
Choreographer (Crew)
1979
Valentino
as Rudolph Valentino
1977
Petrushka
as Petrouchka
1976
Don Quixote
as Basilio
1973
I Am a Dancer
as Himself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince)
1972
The Special London Bridge Special
as Ballet Dancer
1972
The Sleeping Beauty
as Prince Florimund
1972
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
as Himself
1971
