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Rudolf Nureyev
Birthday:
March 17
Birth Name:
Rudolf Hametovich Nureyev
Height:
173 cm
Biography
"Until Rudi came along, all a man had to do to get into the Royal Ballet was, more or less, turn up and show willing. Nureyev completely changed the pace. He engaged with female dancers, manhandled them. It was exciting, virile." --A fellow danseur at the Royal Ballet of London
"Until Rudi came along, all a man had to do to get into the Royal Ballet was, more or less, turn up and show willing. Nureyev completely changed the pace. He engaged with female dancers, manhandled them. It was exciting, virile." --A fellow danseur at the Royal Ballet of London
When you dance, what you do sprayed with your blood.
When you dance, what you do sprayed with your blood.
When I miss class for one day, I know it. When I miss class for two days, my teacher knows it. When I miss class for three days, the audience knows it.
When I miss class for one day, I know it. When I miss class for two days, my teacher knows it. When I miss class for three days, the audience knows it.
We danced with one body, one soul... For me, Margot is my family. She is all I have, only her.
We danced with one body, one soul... For me, Margot is my family. She is all I have, only her.
For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.
For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.
"I am still on stage. If you read the press... you would believe that I should be gone. But here I am doing it and doing it well"!
"I am still on stage. If you read the press... you would believe that I should be gone. But here I am doing it and doing it well"!
You live as long as you dance.
You live as long as you dance.
A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?
A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?
As long as my ballets are danced, I will live
As long as my ballets are danced, I will live
I approach dancing from a different angle than those who begin dancing at 8 or 9. Those who have studied from the beginning never question anything.
I approach dancing from a different angle than those who begin dancing at 8 or 9. Those who have studied from the beginning never question anything.
There was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance.
There was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance.
What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.
What is art? It is not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what physical ability you have.
Of course I have a personal life.
Of course I have a personal life.
I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble.
I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble.
"He was a dancer like any other dancer. It is extraordinary to have 19 points out of 20. It is extremely rare to have 20 out of 20. However, to have 21 out of 20 is even much rarer. And this was the situation with Nureyev.'' --Pierre Bergé
"He was a dancer like any other dancer. It is extraordinary to have 19 points out of 20. It is extremely rare to have 20 out of 20. However, to have 21 out of 20 is even much rarer. And this was the situation with Nureyev.'' --Pierre Bergé
The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.
The main thing is dancing, and before it withers away from my body, I will keep dancing till the last moment, the last drop.
Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.
Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.
I'm really alive when I'm on stage.
I'm really alive when I'm on stage.
I approach dancing from a different angle than those who begin dancing at 8 or 9. Those who have studied from the beginning never question anything. For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.
I approach dancing from a different angle than those who begin dancing at 8 or 9. Those who have studied from the beginning never question anything. For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.
I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth; there is an absolute musical quality in her beautiful body and phrasing. Because we are sincere and gifted, an intense abstract love is born between us every time we dance together.
I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth; there is an absolute musical quality in her beautiful body and phrasing. Because we are sincere and gifted, an intense abstract love is born between us every time we dance together.
[on why he didn't want children:] "What if they were not as good as me? What would I do with those imbeciles?"
[on why he didn't want children:] "What if they were not as good as me? What would I do with those imbeciles?"
The only critic is a full house.
The only critic is a full house.
Rudolf Nureyev
He was an ethnic Tatar. He was educated at the Leningrad Ballet School and starred with Kirov Ballet. His first film was a USSR short Le Corsaire (1958). While performing in Paris in 1961 he defected to the West. He then performed internationally, becoming an Austrian citizen in 1982. The English/French documentary Un danseur: Rudolph Nureyev (1972), directed by Pierre Jourdan featured him and his long-time partner Margot Fonteyn. He played Rudolph Valentino in the film Valentino (1977) and Daniel Jelline in Surexposé (1983), his last film. In 1982, he starred in the US stage revival of "The King and I".
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