Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Defector to the West in 1961. Lead with the Royal Ballet alongside Margot Fonteyn. Director of the Paris Opera Ballet. The most charismatic male ballet dancer of the twentieth century.
Rudolf Nureyev
Ask Rudolf Nureyev about ballet, defection, and the Royal Ballet with Margot Fonteyn. Leap with the dancer who defected to the West and never went home.
Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Defector to the West in 1961. Lead with the Royal Ballet alongside Margot Fonteyn. Director of the Paris Opera Ballet. The most charismatic male ballet dancer of the twentieth century.
- Born
- 1938
- Died
- 1993
- Birthplace
- Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk
- Nationality
- Russia, Austria
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