Rudolf Nureyev
Actor
Born March 17, 1938 in Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]
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
Filmography
Afternoon of a Faun
Faun
Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker
Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX
Don Quixote
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
Self (archive footage)
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
![Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bJqvGD10JCXBfEJ2ERcwsDOElfD.jpg)
Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]
The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala
Cinderella
Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
self
Nureyev
Self, Archive Footage
Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams
Himself (Archive Footage)
Swan Lake
English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet
Nureyev & Friends: A Gala Tribute
Don Quixote
I Am Divine
Self (archive)
La Belle au bois dormant
Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
Paolo, a young man
A Life for Ballet
Self
Don Quichotte - Nureyev
La Bayadère
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership
Himself (archive footage)
Cinderella
Film Producer
Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
Self
The World of Jim Henson
Self (archive footage)
Love at First Sight
Igor
Rudolf Nureyev
Himself
The Margot Fonteyn Story
Rudolf Nureyev
The Nutcracker
The Dame Edna Experience
Self
That's Dancing!
Exposed
Daniel Jelline
Marco Spada
Marco Spada
Swan Lake
The Afternoon of a Faun
Faun
Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev
Himself
Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky
Himself/Petrushka/La Spectre de la Rose/Le Faune
Le Beau Mec
Giselle
Albrecht
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
Don Quixote
Basilio
A Dancer's Life
Himself
I Am a Dancer
Himself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince)
Midi trente
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
The Special London Bridge Special
Ballet Dancer
The Sleeping Beauty
Prince Florimund
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
Himself
Political Portraits
Himself
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Nutcracker
Herr Drosselmeyer/The Prince
Omnibus
Self (archive footage)
Swan Lake
Prince Siegfried
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo
The Day of the Oath
Self
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Ballet Dancer
Swan Lake
Prince Siegfried
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
Self
When the Spirit Soars in Flight
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self