Published On Mar 17, 2021
Today (3/17) is the birthday of legendary dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
Nureyev was born on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, Soviet Union to a Bashkir-Tatar family. He began his early career with the company that in the Soviet era was called the Kirov Ballet (now called by its original name, the Mariinsky Ballet) in Leningrad. He defected from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961, despite KGB efforts to stop him. This was the first defection of a Soviet artist during the Cold War, and it created an international sensation. He went on to dance with The Royal Ballet in London and from 1983 to 1989 served as director of the Paris Opera Ballet. In addition to his technical prowess, Nureyev was an accomplished choreographer serving as the chief choreographer of the Paris Opera Ballet. He produced his own interpretations of numerous classical works, including Swan Lake, Giselle, and La Bayadère.
This video includes:
00:00 Le Corsaire (Ali)
• Famous Dancer - Rudolf Nureyev
01:06 Don Quixote (Basilio)
• Video
02:04 The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund)
• National Ballet of Canada 1972 La bel...
03:16 La Sylphide (James)
• Рудольф Нуриев в Петербурге. 89 г.
04:00 Apollo
• Apollo - R. Nureyev V. Colombo
06:04 The Nutcracker (Prince)
• Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park - The N...
06:55 Giselle (Count Albrecht)
• Рудольф Нуреев. "Жизель". 1979 г. Rud...
07:47 Gayane
• Rudolph Nureyev - 'Gayane' Solo for h...
09:13 Laurencia (Frondoso)
• LAURENCIA (Kurgapkina-Nureyev, 1959)
09:55 Le Jeune Homme et la Mort
• Le jeune homme et la mort by Roland P...
13:27 Pierrot Lunaire
• Rudolf Nureyev - «Pierrot Lunaire»
14:56 Romeo and Juliet (Romeo)
• Video
15:59 Raymonda (Jean de Brienne)
• Рудольф Нуреев "Раймонда". 83 г.
17:11 Les Sylphides
• Les Sylphides - Kirov/MT male variati...
18:47 Le Spectre de la rose
• Spectre de la Rose Rudolph Nureyev De...
20:01 Afternoon of a Faun
• Rudolph Nureyev : 'L'apres-midi d'un...
22:21 Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried)
• Video
