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Rudolf Nureyev
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 centu…
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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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2025
Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker
Movie Director
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2025
Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Movie Director
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2024
Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX
Movie Choreographer
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2024
Don Quixote
Movie Choreographer
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2022
Lo Schiaccianoci al Teatro alla Scala
Movie Choreographer
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2021
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Movie Choreographer
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2019
Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]
Movie Choreographer
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2018
The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala
Movie Choreographer
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2018
Cinderella
Movie Choreographer
- 2018
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2018
Nureyev
Movie Self, Archive Footage
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2018
The Nutcracker
Movie
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2016
Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams
Movie Himself (Archive Footage)
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2016
Swan Lake
Movie Choreographer
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2015
English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet
Movie Choreographer
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2015
Nureyev & Friends: A Gala Tribute
Movie Choreographer
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2015
Don Quixote
Movie Choreographer
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2014
I Am Divine
Movie Self (archive)
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2013
La Belle au bois dormant
Movie Choreographer
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2013
Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
Movie Paolo, a young man
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2012
A Life for Ballet
Movie Self
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2012
La Bayadère
Movie Choreographer
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2012
Don Quichotte - Nureyev
Movie Choreographer
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2010
La Bayadère
Movie Choreographer
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2009
Nureyev - Raymonda
Movie Choreographer
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2005
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Movie Stage Director
- 2005
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2002
Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2000
The Sleeping Beauty
Movie Choreographer
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1998
Nureyev Unzipped
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1997
Cinderella
Movie Film Producer
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1997
Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
Movie Self
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1995
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
Movie Choreographer
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1994
The World of Jim Henson
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1992
Love at First Sight
TV show Igor
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1991
Rudolf Nureyev
Movie Himself
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1990
Poema Del Amor Y Del Mar
Movie
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1989
The Margot Fonteyn Story
Movie Rudolf Nureyev
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1989
The Nutcracker
Movie Choreographer
