Personal Info
Known Credits
27
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1938-03-17 (87 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]
Also Known For
Rudolph NureyevRudolf Chametowitsch NurejewRudolf NurejewRudolf NoureevРудольф Хәмит улы НуриевРудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2021 --
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
| Self (archive footage)
2020 --
Be Water
| Self (archive footage)
2018 --
Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
| self
2018 --
Nureyev
| Self, Archive Footage
2012 --
A Life for Ballet
| Self
2005 --
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
|
2004 --
The Sleeping Beauty
| Prince Florimund
1998 --
Nureyev Unzipped
| Self (archive footage)
1997 --
Cinderella
| Film Producer
1997 --
Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
| Self
1994 --
The World of Jim Henson
| Self (archive footage)
1989 --
The Margot Fonteyn Story
| Rudolf Nureyev
1985 --
That's Dancing!
|
1983 --
Exposed
| Daniel Jelline
1977 --
Valentino
| Rudolph Valentino
1976 --
Petrushka
| Petrouchka
1973 --
Don Quixote
| Basilio
1972 --
I Am a Dancer
| Himself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince)
1972 --
The Sleeping Beauty
| Prince Florimund
1972 --
The Special London Bridge Special
| Ballet Dancer
1971 --
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
| Himself
1969 --
Political Portraits
| Himself
1968 --
The Nutcracker
| Herr Drosselmeyer/The Prince
1966 --
Swan Lake
| Prince Siegfried
1966 --
Romeo and Juliet
| Romeo
1963 --
Swan Lake
| Prince Siegfried
1963 --
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
| Self