- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 17, 1938
- Place of Birth
- Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]
- Died
- January 6, 1993
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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolf Nureyev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
movieParis Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker
2025 · Director
movieParis Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
2025 · Director
movieSwan Lake Filmed for IMAX
2024 · Choreographer
movieDon Quixote
2024 · Choreographer
Lo Schiaccianoci al Teatro alla Scala
movieLo Schiaccianoci al Teatro alla Scala
2022 · Choreographer
movieHervé Guibert, la mort propagande
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieConcerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
2019 · Choreographer
![Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/bJqvGD10JCXBfEJ2ERcwsDOElfD.jpg)
movieLe Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]
2019 · Choreographer
movieThe 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala
2018 · Choreographer
movieCinderella
2018 · Choreographer
movieMarius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
2018 · self
movieNureyev
2018 · Self, Archive Footage
The Nutcracker
movieThe Nutcracker
2018
movieRudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams
2016 · Himself (Archive Footage)
movieSwan Lake
2016 · Choreographer
movieEnglish National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet
2015 · Choreographer
movieNureyev & Friends: A Gala Tribute
2015 · Choreographer
movieDon Quixote
2015 · Choreographer
movieI Am Divine
2014 · Self (archive)
movieLa Belle au bois dormant
2013 · Choreographer, Conductor
movieBournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
2013 · Paolo, a young man
movieA Life for Ballet
2012 · Self
La Bayadère
movieLa Bayadère
2012 · Choreographer
movieDon Quichotte - Nureyev
2012 · Choreographer
movieLa Bayadère
2010 · Choreographer
Nureyev - Raymonda
movieNureyev - Raymonda
2009 · Choreographer
moviePyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
2005 · Stage Director, Choreographer
movieRudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005
movieFonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership
2002 · Himself (archive footage)
Nureyev Unzipped
movieNureyev Unzipped
1998 · Self (archive footage)
movieCinderella
1997 · Film Producer, Director
movieNureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
1997 · Self
movieThe World of Jim Henson
1994 · Self (archive footage)
tvLove at First Sight
1992 · Igor
movieRudolf Nureyev
1991 · Himself
Poema Del Amor Y Del Mar
moviePoema Del Amor Y Del Mar
1990
movieThe Margot Fonteyn Story
1989 · Rudolf Nureyev
movieThe Nutcracker
1989 · Choreographer, Art Direction, Director
tvThe Dame Edna Experience
1987 · Self
Wedden, dat..?
tvWedden, dat..?
1986 · Self
movieThat's Dancing!
1985
movieExposed
1983 · Daniel Jelline
movieMarco Spada
1982 · Marco Spada
Venezia, carnevale, un amore
movieVenezia, carnevale, un amore
1982
movieSwan Lake
1982 · Choreographer
movieThe Afternoon of a Faun
1981 · Faun
movieJulie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev
1980 · Himself
movieNureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky
1980 · Himself/Petrushka/La Spectre de la Rose/Le Faune
movieLe Beau Mec
1979 · Choreographer
movieGiselle
1979 · Albrecht, Director
movieThe Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
movieValentino
1977 · Rudolph Valentino
Please Turn the Page
tvPlease Turn the Page
1977 · Self
Petrushka
moviePetrushka
1976 · Petrouchka
tvThe Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star
Nureyev
movieNureyev
1974 · Self
movieDon Quixote
1973 · Basilio, Director, Choreographer
movieA Dancer's Life
1972 · Himself
movieI Am a Dancer
1972 · Himself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince)
tvMidi trente
1972 · Self
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
movieThe Special London Bridge Special
1972 · Ballet Dancer
movieThe Sleeping Beauty
1972 · Prince Florimund, Producer, Stage Director, Choreographer
movieSinger Presents Burt Bacharach
1971 · Himself
moviePolitical Portraits
1969 · Himself
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieThe Nutcracker
1968 · Herr Drosselmeyer/The Prince, Producer, Choreographer
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self (archive footage)
movieSwan Lake
1966 · Prince Siegfried, Choreographer
movieRomeo and Juliet
1966 · Romeo
movieThe Day of the Oath
1965 · Self
Lieder, Arien und Geschichten
tvLieder, Arien und Geschichten
1964 · Self
tvThe Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self - Ballet Dancer
movieSwan Lake
1963 · Prince Siegfried, Choreographer
movieAn Evening With The Royal Ballet
1963 · Self
movieWhen the Spirit Soars in Flight
1958
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieAfternoon of a Faun
— · Faun
The Tempest
movieThe Tempest
— · Prospero, Choreographer
The Sleeping Beauty (Opera)
movieThe Sleeping Beauty (Opera)
— · Director