At 23, Nureyev fled Russia to seek asylum in Paris. At 23, Nureyev fled his homeland of Russia to escape persecution for being gay. The first Russian dancer to seek freedom in the West, Nureyev ...
Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s revolutionary 1964 production of "Swan Lake" with ballerina Margot Fonteyn through extensive excerpts and interviews with their fellow dancers Michael Birkmeyer, Gisela ...
The loss was and remains immense. He has been gone now for a decade, and dance lovers everywhere ask: Will there ever be anyone like Rudolf Nureyev? He left us on the Feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6, ...