Rudolf Nureyev
Born: 1938-03-17 in Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]
Died: 1993-01-06
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
2025
- Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty ... (Director)
- Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker ... (Director)
2024
- Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX ... (Choreographer)
- Don Quixote ... (Choreographer)
2022
- Lo Schiaccianoci al Teatro alla Scala ... (Choreographer)
2021
- Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet) ... (Choreographer)
- Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris] ... (Choreographer)
2018
- Nureyev as Self, Archive Footage
- Cinderella ... (Choreographer)
- The Nutcracker
- Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe as self
- The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala ... (Choreographer)
2016
- Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams as Himself (Archive Footage)
- Swan Lake ... (Choreographer)
2015
- Don Quixote ... (Choreographer)
- English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet ... (Choreographer)
- Nureyev & Friends: A Gala Tribute ... (Choreographer)
2014
- I Am Divine as Self (archive)
2013
- Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival as Paolo, a young man
- La Belle au bois dormant ... (Choreographer)
2012
- La Bayadère ... (Choreographer)
- A Life for Ballet as Self
- Don Quichotte - Nureyev ... (Choreographer)
2010
- La Bayadère ... (Choreographer)
2009
- Nureyev - Raymonda ... (Choreographer)
2005
- Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake ... (Stage Director)
1998
- Nureyev Unzipped as Self (archive footage)
1997
- Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness as Self
- Cinderella as Film Producer
1994
- The World of Jim Henson as Self (archive footage)
1992
- Love at First Sight as Igor
1991
- Rudolf Nureyev as Himself
1989
- The Margot Fonteyn Story as Rudolf Nureyev
- The Nutcracker ... (Choreographer)
1987
- The Dame Edna Experience as Self
1986
- Wedden, dat..? as Self
1985
1983
- Exposed as Daniel Jelline
1982
- Swan Lake ... (Choreographer)
- Venezia, carnevale, un amore
- Marco Spada as Marco Spada
1981
- The Afternoon of a Faun as Faun
1980
- Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky as Himself/Petrushka/La Spectre de la Rose/Le Faune
- Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev as Himself
1979
- Giselle as Albrecht
- Le Beau Mec ... (Choreographer)
1977
- Please Turn the Page as Self
- Valentino as Rudolph Valentino
- The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1976
- The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- Petrushka as Petrouchka
1974
- Nureyev as Self
1973
- Don Quixote as Basilio
1972
- Midi trente as Self
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- The Special London Bridge Special as Ballet Dancer
- I Am a Dancer as Himself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince)
- The Sleeping Beauty as Prince Florimund
1971
- Singer Presents Burt Bacharach as Himself
1969
- Political Portraits as Himself
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Nutcracker as Herr Drosselmeyer/The Prince
1967
- Omnibus as Self (archive footage)
1966
- Swan Lake as Prince Siegfried
- Romeo and Juliet as Romeo
1965
- The Day of the Oath as Self
1964
- The Hollywood Palace as Self - Ballet Dancer
- Lieder, Arien und Geschichten as Self
1963
- An Evening With The Royal Ballet as Self
- Swan Lake as Prince Siegfried
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self