Rudolf Nureyev [235882] Gender: Male Popularity: 1.6205 Birthplace: Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia] Birthday: 1938-03-17 Deathday: 1993-01-06 Age: 54 years Movies: 28 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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 Hervé Guibert, la mort2021-11-24 Be Water2020-01-25 Marius Petipa, le maît2018-12-23 Nureyev2018-09-25 A Life for Ballet2012-08-09 Rudolf Nureyev alla Sca2005-01-01 The Sleeping Beauty2004-05-11 Nureyev Unzipped1998-04-13 Cinderella1997-04-30 Nureyev: Dancing Throug1997-01-01 The World of Jim Henson1994-11-23 The Margot Fonteyn Stor1989-01-11 That's Dancing!1985-01-18 Exposed1983-04-22 Venezia, carnevale, un 1982-01-01 The Afternoon of a Faun1981-06-16 Valentino1977-09-07 Petrushka1976-12-27 Don Quixote1973-07-18 I Am a Dancer1972-06-01 The Sleeping Beauty1972-01-01 The Special London Brid1972-01-01 Singer Presents Burt Ba1971-03-24 Political Portraits1969-01-01 The Nutcracker1968-03-10 Swan Lake1966-12-26 Romeo and Juliet1966-10-04 An Evening With The Roy1963-12-01