A ballet about Rudolf Nureyev is getting a new life in Germany. Nureyev is the magnetic dancer  whose celebrity transcended ...

He befriended Rudolf Nureyev in 1961 while the Kirov Ballet was in Paris and witnessed his headline-making defection at the height of the Cold War. By Neil Genzlinger She danced with Nureyev and ...

When the Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev came to Paris to tour with the Kirov ballet company in 1961, he was “like a wild animal out of a cage,” says Oleg Ivenko, the 26-year-old Ukrainian dancer ...

Russia, political asylum, illicit seductions — “The White Crow” feels surprisingly current, though this new film about Soviet ballet star Rudolf Nureyev and his defection to the West centers on events ...

A photograph of Rudolf Nureyev hangs backstage at the Royal Opera House in London, an acknowledgment of the time the Russian dancer spent with the Royal Ballet between the early 1960s and late 1970s.

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No one was quite prepared for what they saw when Rudolf Nureyev was unleashed. It wasn’t just the iconic dancer’s athletic abandon, though that was impressive enough. He turned faster than anyone and ...

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Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev visited Hong Kong in 1989 for three performances as part of his farewell tour. It also marked his first appearance in the city, a fact he was well aware of, asking, “Why ...

Rudolf Nureyev would be pleased to know that a dance foundation established in his name has committed well over $1 million in support of dance programs and dance companies throughout the nation.