Rudolf Nureyev
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
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Movies (73)
Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker
2025 · Director
Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
2025 · Director
Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX
2024 · Choreographer
Don Quixote
2024 · Choreographer
Lo Schiaccianoci al Teatro alla Scala
2022 · Choreographer
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
2019 · Choreographer
Raymonda Act III (The Royal Ballet, 2019)
2019 · Choreographer
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Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]
2019 · Choreographer
The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala
2018 · Choreographer
Cinderella
2018 · Choreographer
Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
2018 · self
Nureyev
2018 · Self, Archive Footage
The Nutcracker
2018
Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams
2016 · Himself (Archive Footage)
Swan Lake
2016 · Choreographer
English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet
2015 · Choreographer
Nureyev & Friends: A Gala Tribute
2015 · Choreographer
Don Quixote
2015 · Choreographer
I Am Divine
2014 · Self (archive)
La Belle au bois dormant
2013 · Conductor, Choreographer
Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
2013 · Paolo, a young man
A Life for Ballet
2012 · Self
La Bayadère
2012 · Choreographer
Don Quichotte - Nureyev
2012 · Choreographer
La Bayadère
2010 · Choreographer
Nureyev - Raymonda
2009 · Choreographer
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
2005 · Stage Director, Choreographer
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005
Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership
2002 · Himself (archive footage)
The Sleeping Beauty
2000 · Choreographer
Nureyev Unzipped
1998 · Self (archive footage)
Cinderella
1997 · Film Producer, Director
Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
1997 · Self
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
1995 · Choreographer
The World of Jim Henson
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Cage/Cunningham
1991
Rudolf Nureyev
1991 · Himself
Poema Del Amor Y Del Mar
1990
The Margot Fonteyn Story
1989 · Rudolf Nureyev
The Nutcracker
1989 · Art Direction, Choreographer, Director
That's Dancing!
1985
Raymonda
1983 · Jean de Brienne, Choreographer
Exposed
1983 · Daniel Jelline
Marco Spada
1982 · Marco Spada
Venezia, carnevale, un amore
1982
Swan Lake
1982 · Choreographer
The Afternoon of a Faun
1981 · Faun
Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev
1980 · Himself
Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky
1980 · Himself/Petrushka/La Spectre de la Rose/Le Faune
Romeo and Juliet
1980 · Romeo, Choreographer, Director
Giselle
1979 · Albrecht, Director
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
Valentino
1977 · Rudolph Valentino
Petrushka
1976 · Petrouchka
Nureyev
1974 · Self
Don Quixote
1973 · Basilio, Director, Choreographer
A Dancer's Life
1972 · Himself
I Am a Dancer
1972 · Himself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince)
The Special London Bridge Special
1972 · Ballet Dancer
The Sleeping Beauty
1972 · Prince Florimund, Producer, Stage Director, Choreographer
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
1971 · Himself
Political Portraits
1969 · Himself
The Nutcracker
1968 · Herr Drosselmeyer/The Prince, Choreographer, Producer
Swan Lake
1966 · Prince Siegfried, Choreographer
Romeo and Juliet
1966 · Romeo
The Day of the Oath
1965 · Self
Swan Lake
1963 · Prince Siegfried, Choreographer
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
1963 · Self
When the Spirit Soars in Flight
1958
Afternoon of a Faun
· Faun
The Tempest
· Prospero, Choreographer
Don Quixote
· Choreographer
TV shows (13)
Love at First Sight
1992 · Igor
The Dame Edna Experience
1987 · Self
Wedden, dat..?
1986 · Self
The South Bank Show
1978
Please Turn the Page
1977 · Self
The Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star
Midi trente
1972 · Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Omnibus
1967 · Self (archive footage)
Lieder, Arien und Geschichten
1964 · Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self - Ballet Dancer
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self